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Third Party Run?

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Salty, Jun 5, 2023.

  1. Salty

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    If No Labels ends up pulling the trigger on running a presidential candidate next April after having secured 50 state ballot status, then I would think that Senator Manchin would be a possibility for the presidential or vice-presidential slots, depending upon who else joins the No Labels ticket. If the two major parties carry through on foisting Joe Biden and Donald Trump on the United States in a rerun of 2020, then the voters should be offered a viable third choice to rescue the nation from those two men being the only viable choices on the ballot in November 2024.
     
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    I think there are too many loyal D's & R's to allow a 3rd party to win.
     
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    I agree. I lived in West Virginia for 4 years and Joe Manchin would be a Republican if he could. I'd vote for him.
     
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    Doesn't matter. The American people need a well-known alternative to an awful choice between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
     
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    It does matter - because TOO MANY ARE LOYAL TO THE R'S OR THE D'S!

    Third party candidates are always at an disavation.

    makes no difference what people need - ......
     
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    I've been involved in national politics closely since 2016, having served as Treasurer for someone who ran for US House. I have studied the 3 party alternative question in depth. What thinking Christians will say is that if all Christians voted their conscience, we cold elect a 3rd party candidate. However, since most people are not willing to take that risk, the support of a 3rd party almost always detracts from the Republican party.
     
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    Since no party or candidate is automatically entitled to anyone's vote, there is no such thing as "detracting" or "subtracting" from any Democratic or Republican Party candidate.
     
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    It does to me, and I am one of the "people".
     
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    You left out part of my quote:
    because TOO MANY ARE LOYAL

    I did not say all .......

    I am for everyone voting - and I believe every vote counts
    But in Wyoming - the smallest population had about 250 k presidential votes.
    Even with that small number -chances are a 3rd party would not make a difference.
    then when you add in the other 49 States/Commonwealths -.......
     
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    I do not think that elections should be left to two old, worn out, dilapidated, past their "use by" date, political parties - two parties who have run up over $25 trillion in national debt just since September 30, 1999, and are planning to add trillions and trillions and trillions more in the next ten years.
     
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    Could be Machan wants Biden to loose
     
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    The facts are that 3rd party pull mostly from R.
     
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    Tell that to the supporters of Al Gore in 2000.
     
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    No chance.
    Biden received EIGHTY ONE MILLION VOTES in 2020. That's 81,000,000. That is more than any President in history. That is more than former President Barack Obama received.....either time.

    Biden is so confident he will win that he isn't going to participate in any debates. He launched his reelection campaign with a prepared video. My prediction is he will pull over 90,000,000 votes in 2024. If he decides against running, I predict those 90,000,000 votes will be cast for Gavin Newsom.

    To quote a song by Leonard Cohen:
    "Everybody knows the dice are loaded,
    Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.
    Everybody knows the war is over,
    Everybody knows the good guys lost."

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    Songwriters: Leonard Cohen / Sharon Robinson
    Everybody Knows lyrics © Emi April Music Inc., Sony/atv Songs Llc, Little Maestro Music, Eip Spy Music
     
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    I have corrected you a handful of times on this. The word is lose, not loose.
     
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    :Roflmao
     
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