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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:09 PM Original message |
"Majority of Voters Would like to See Emergence of a Viable Third Party" |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Lets be like India |
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SugarShack (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. No, like Jesse Ventura says, any viable third party would have to corrupt itself! NPA is the way |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Let's be like Germany... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. we are a MULTI-party system that is currently held hostage by ONE party |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You are a smart man. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Those who study deeply know you're right. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. it doesn't require any study |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's easier for the multinational corporations to buy two parties. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. 49% of DEMOCRATS want a viable third party!! .....ouch!! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. you think you're fooling anyone by advocating third parties this way? through Mark Penn? |
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Cleanelec (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I would love to see the |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Easier to just .... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. The left is split in Canada and it means the Liberals would have |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Interesting, but don't completely understand ...... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. There are 4 parties on the left, centre-left of the country. The conservatives |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So you're saying the "center-left" votes for conservatives? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Nope. The centre-left votes for the liberals and the bloc quebecquois. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I'm really sorry to keep saying I don't understand, however ....no IRV voting???? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Exacatly. That is the issue. No IRV. So a split liberal vote means conservatives win, just like in |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. I'll accept your answer; presume you know -- but indeed we have to get IRV voting in America .... |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. The last viable third party to emerge was the Republicans. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. The Republicans when they were AGAINST slavery ..... now they're for it--!! |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 04:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. If the Founding Fathers hadn't compromised |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wow. So did this poll only ask voters? Not nonvoters? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Says: "Majority of likely voters" .... hmmmm.... |
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namahage (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Pollster Mark Penn". Says it all, I think. n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. well, that was a real clever attempt, wasn't it? pimping mark penn shit... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. unlikely to happen or matter without change in the way representation works |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. We need instant run-off voting for a 3rd party to have any hope at all |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Agree with your comments .... !! And, "ballot option" .... hmmmmm..... |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Three won't work, but four might. |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I was thinking the same thing |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. It works for all other countries |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. Oh they would, would they? Since when does a majority get to decide anything? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
27. We badly need a Labor Party. n/t |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
30. You would need a constitutional amendment to make this happen. You would have to get rid of |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
32. Oh goody! Two conservative parties and a Democrat party with a large contingent of conservatives. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
36. But, they don't all want the same third party. |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
37. A viable third party needs MONEY |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
38. What kind of party? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. The U.S. is very nearly ripe. |
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