GMCGeneral
Diamond Member
The only time it really worked against the Democrats was in 1980 when John Anderson ran as an independent against Carter and Reagan.A little ambiguous isn't it ?Even Democrats are capable of being right about something. It isn't LIKELY, but it can happen.
What's the point ?
The point is that no third party, no matter who heads it up, is going to draw enough people right off the bat to beat Democrats in elections. All it's going to do is split the Republican side of the vote. And since we have a winner-takes-all system rather than a Parliamentary system, that guarantees that Democrats win every election until such time as the new party can build enough support to beat them, if it ever can. It's basically trying to change horses mid-stream, and accomplishing nothing but dumping yourself into the water.