sc94597 on 22 August 2020
| vivster said: Before that additional left leaning parties will only hurt their own cause. |
The assumption being that there is already a left-leaning party in the first place?
The role of minor parties in American politics has either been:
1. Supplant a dying party, see Whigs -> Republicans.
2. Shift a major party to the minor party's position, see populists/progressives/farmer-labor/social labor, etc effect on the Democratic and Republican parties.
Considering that the Democratic Party has chosen to be a center-right wing party, it makes sense for a center-left/left-wing party to run in 2022 and 2024.
