Half of U.S. voters now say a third political party is needed, 35% would vote independent

One must ask themselves, What good are the current political Parties doing for our country?? President Donald Trump is working for the good of the country, but just exactly what did the Republican Party do for our country when they controlled all three branches of government? Just look at the destruction and immorality that the Democrats created when they had control of all three branches of government.
The Democrats in control of the State of New York, pass laws that a mother can legally kill her baby during birth! Is this in anyway good for the country or humanity?

We don’t need life time self-serving, self-righteous professional politicians.
We need to limit ALL politicians to two terms! And two terms only!

The Democrat party is on the road to self destruction, with the platform of Baby killing, Open borders, Higher taxes to all but them and socilisams. The Independent party will replace them soon, So Let’s have a run off between the highest two candidates that get the most votes between the Democrats and the future independents wanna be’s and let the winner run against the Republicans. America will win.

Where is the law designating two parties as the legal number? When did the “two-party system” become “settled law”?
What about Whigs, Wobblies, The American Communist party, Peace And Freedom Party, The Buffalo party, etc.?
Not advocating one way or the other I just don’t recall any legal precedent for a limit on the number of views allowed to compete in an election.

If the Independent candidate splits the Democrat vote the Republican will win.

If he splits the Republican vote the Democrat will win.

We’ve been down this road before. History is not taught in school.

I think the only reason conservatives are in the GOP is because they are absolutely unwelcome in the Dem Party. That wasn’t true maybe 25 years ago. Conservatives seem barely tolerated in the GOP sometimes, especially considering their treatment by Boehner (a total total *ss, IMO) and McConnell.

I think if there were a 3rd major party formed, it would be a split of the GOP. The Dems seem to be in lockstep. The Dem conservative became an extinct species about 15 years ago. It seems Dem moderate is also and extinct species. The GOP is the party with a diversity of thought. So if a 3rd major party were to form, it suspect it would be from a splintering of the GOP, and their respective supporters, not anyone from the Dems.

I do not understand how 50% of the American voters do not understand that the two parties we have, started out clean, and then Dems infiltrated the Republican party, hence the RINOs, and vice versa. Are they truly that dense to think another party would stay pure? If so, just like with AOC, they show the sad condition of our education system. I just shake me head at such stupidity in our nation. If we had always been this stupid, we would never have achieved what anything, which I guess shows what we will be achieving in the future. Pitiful!

Forming and advancing a third party would be painful. But having lived in Michigan as an “ignored Republican” since Ronald Regan won and President Trump came along, it is probably time to suffer through the pain of creating a third party that is professional, knows how to run things like the huge company/business that is the US government, and has morality. The push toward infanticide by Democrats is as sick as the killing of babies by North Korea, China and Nazi Germany. Yet today Pelosi said banning full term baby killing would be a sad thing. I for one am beginning to Pray that President Trump consider starting that third party. He has kept his word across the board, something all other politicians and parties have failed for decades to do. Pray for America, we are in terrible trouble.

IMHO…there would be no need for more political parties if our elected leaders would just abide with their oath of office…especially the part that says”….defend the Constitution…”.

Unless we get a candidate, and a house and senate that can agree on a balanced budget, upholding the original constitution, secure the border, teach people to be self sufficient, grow their own foods, work and pay their own way, and to love your neighbor as your self, and Love the Creator God, we are doomed for the last days wrath of God, and Jesus returning, culminating with an empty lifeless Earth..

Dream on .. Third parties have never been successful in the USA, nor will they be.

The Democratic Party = An organized collective death wish for our nation.

The Republican Party = In a fog. No real drive and innovation.
Offers tradition as an alternative to death wish. Not a great option.

Third Party? Who knows.

Donald Trump needs genuinely good and innovative minds to back his vision. The Republican Party now lives in a assisted living political world. No guts to be seen with only rare exception. Seems like they all have been medicated.

Where is the American that is true America? Political corruption seethes in both parties.

We need an American Patriot Party or just a Patriot Party. During the State of the Union speech there were plenty of patriots shouting USA, USA. The Dem party has gone soviet. Two many in the Rep party are interested in their pocketbooks and not in serving the needs of conservatives. A Patriot Party would crush the Dems out of business and cripple the Rep party.

Well, since the career politicians of the Establishment Republican AND Democrat parties have utterly failed to represent ANYBODY except their OWN self-interests, and whatever special interest lobbyists are bankrolling their campaigns, it is not surprising that people are turning their eyes toward third parties. The only surprise is it hasn’t happened sooner!

Lot of people disgusted with the Left turn in the dem party. Others with the lack of guts by repubs to stand up for principle. Too many Senate rules block getting stuff done.

The two major parties that exist today no longer represent The People, they only represent themselves.
I support Donald Trump as President because I believe that he is working for the People who elected him and will support him in 2020 should he choose to run again.
Trump made promises and is working hard to keep those promises, despite the barricades thrown up by both parties to impede his progress. If the Republicans and Democrats actually worked as hard for the United States as they work against each other, lining their own pockets, the wall on the Southern Border would already have been built and the immigration problem as well as many other problems facing our citizens (taxes, Medicare, Social Security, etc.) would have been handled.
If there was a truly viable third party, I would most likely support that organization because I find McConnell despicable, Schumer absolutely abhorent and there are no words printable to describe my attitude toward Pelosi.
I agree that there should be term limits (12 years max in either House and out) and a very limited “free ride” afterwards. A retired congressman/woman could work for a defense contractor after leaving but could not lobby the government at all.

A third party is just wishful thinking on the part of those straddling the fence between doing what is right and being “in with the in-crowd.” It’s a manner of thinking in common with the developing teenage brain.
Don’t kid yourselves; democrats will obstruct anyone not labeled a democrat. And by “obstruct,” I mean “seek and destroy.”
I keep reminding democrats around here that it’s still a secret ballot. If you must, you may be in with the crowd with a nod and a chortle, but vote for what is right behind the voting booth curtain.

Can’t blame people for wanting 3rd party. The so-called democrat party is really the Marxist party. If Harry S. Truman or JFK were to run today, they’d have to run as republican. Even FDR and LBJ would have a rough time getting through the primary process. Even though I don’t like Crazy Commie Bernie, He DID get screwed out of the nomination that was fixed for a wretched washed up ***** witch. And remember all the promises the republicans made in 2014 about stopping the wimpy powerhungry lying whosyourdaddy puke face toothpick Obama? After the republicans were giving control of congress, Bohner said we were dreaming if we really thought they were going to stop Obama. McConnell said he would NOT shut down the government to stop Obama. Republican voters got screwed. Thus brings in the Trump presidency. Term limits on representative and senators plus supreme court would be the best way of cleaning up the government. 3rd party sounds good now but in time they would end up just as bad as the other two parties.

The Spineless GOP have not earned nor do they deserve my vote. They have in fact stabbed us in the back by squandering the first two years of Pres Trumps term when they CONTROLLED ALL THREE BRANCHES yet refused to fund the WALL!

The question though is are there enough Conservatives in this country to win an election or would we be splitting the vote and handing a victory to the Commie Left ?

Nonetheless, the GOP needs to and must be punished for what they did. Or they will take it as a signal to abuse their position even further and continue to take us for granted.

Calilfornia adopted the suggestion offered above whereby the two highest vote getters have a runoff. This is destroying the Republicans in California, as Dems cheat and get all the votes, especially where contests are “close” and Dems find ways to “Keep finding provisional ballots to stack the outcome their way.

The partisan bickering is what is destroying our country.

At the SOTU speech the other night, it was clearly evident that all the junior congresswomen, dressed in white cared more about celebrating their own success in getting elected than celebrating all the wins and successes of our country.

TERM Limits. Congress is not a place to go to “line one’s own pockets” and care more about re-election and hurting US citizens in the process (both parties included)

We need to make it easier to oust them (as voters) than having them constantly trying to oust each other, rather than work on the problems facing our nation.

Perhaps we need to put those objectives on the ballots as well:
– Do we need a border wall?
-Should we have a balanced budget?
-If government too big?
-Should politicians be able to vote themselves pay raises?

etc. etc. etc.

If within a given period of time, our politicians fail to perform, we say its time for a new speaker of the house, or senate majority leader, as their failure to lead indicates that they are not doing what we elected them to do!

I have been an independent for a long time, not the party, the mindset. There are more than two parties, but none of them have anyone worth voting for. I usually register with the party that has something to offer. That is almost always Republican, but there are many of those that are just as bad as most Democrats. I will always vote against a known globalist but the unknowns sneak in all the time.

Does anybody else get tired of dems who became multi millionaires as a life time congress person or senator, talk so much about how unfair it is to not take more money from those that worked hard to make their millions? Time to kick the box out from under these under performing elites.

There have always been a multitude of “third party” candidates:
Socialist Party
Green Party
Dixiecrat Party
Communist Party
(etc., ad nausium)
None of these ever win. Instead, they produce a splintered result that undercuts a clear-cut “winner” that has a mandate to effectively govern.

Truth be told, there are times that the Republican is somewhat less than appealing but the Democrat is even worse. This means I must vote for the Republican in an effort to deny the office to the Democrat. This also highlights the need that we Republicans must carefully choose the very best Republicans in the primary election; even if this requires booting out the incumbent.

A third party would certainly guarantee that nothing but Democrats will ever get elected from then forward! Why you ask?

Because they use illegals to stack their votes, and when anyone that is centrist or conservative is concerned, the Dem’s competition is already split, making it that much easier to cheat if, and when needed. (and the need to cheat less often!)

most of this idiotic talk comes from the Dems, who know how to make things sound more attractive than they are, until we all end up realizing we got sold a sh!##y bill of goods….”If you want to keep your doctor, you can keep your doctor”, & “It will not cost you a single dime more” (more like dozens of thousands of dimes more, in reality!)

The only way a third party would survive is if we went to a parliamentary form of government.