Biden vs Trump 2024 Political Platforms, Policies and Issues

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Chrkeller said:

BFR said:

I don't understand why some of you are advocating for a 3rd party in the USA.  Hell, as things stand now, the USA is basically divided 50/50 between Republicans and Democrats. If a 3rd party were to emerge, the country would likely be divided along the lines of 33/33/33.  If that were to happen, then even more gridlock would become the norm in DC, and even less would get done than what gets done today. 

In theory, if a third party gains traction, it will force people to the middle.

In theory, sure. But in practice it’s just as likely to be a mess. For example, look at Andrew Yang’s Forward Party, “we’re not left or right, we’re forward!”

The problem with being a party whose identity is the middle is they don’t necessarily have a cohesive set of goals.

”The left wants to raise taxes and the right wants to lower taxes, so we’re just going to leave them where they’re at!”

”The left wants to restore Roe v Wade, the right wants to impose a federal abortion ban, so we’re just gonna leave it up to the states!”

”The left wants universal healthcare and the right wants to repeal the ACA, so we’re just gonna leave healthcare alone!”

I’m not saying there aren’t areas where compromise can happen but it’s not like Bill Clinton, Barack Obama or Joe Biden are far left by any means and often times had to meet in the middle to get something passed. The Democratic Party of the last 30+ years has been a bit left of center.