Comments by "" (@TheHuxleyAgnostic) on "Biden Putting His Supporters In An Impossible Position" video.
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@masonsmith5726 That would be a long future, where Republicans would win, for decades to come. Even if the entire progressive caucus was third party, and all progressive voters voted third party, that would have led to Republicans winning the house, senate, and presidency. A third party would still be largely irrelevant, even if it ever managed to get that many seats in congress.
In Canada, the Conservative party should never win outside of 2 provinces, where they have a majority of votes, and never at the federal level. The only reason they do, is because Liberal and NDP (BQ too) votes are split. It allows Conservatives to win the majority of seats with only 35-40% of the vote. Things would be even worse, in the US, because Republicans get 45-50% of the vote. A third party would never be relevant, in the US, until it could get all the current Dem votes, actually become the second main party, and be able to beat the Republican party.
That's why it makes more sense just to keep trying to take over the party. The progressive caucus is like 15 seats away from becoming the majority of house Dems. The Justice Dems have won 11 seats. The most popular third party, Libertarian, hasn't won a single seat in its 50 year existence. The most popular progressive third party, Green, hasn't won a single seat in congress in its 20 year existence. You're looking at decades of Republican rule, before possibly even winning one seat.
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