04-14-2013, 03:42 AM
Bowyn Aerrow Wrote:US politics is a two party system. Demon~crates and Repug~lie~can'ts. Or whatever they are called.I used to spend a lot of time debating US politics(online, no serious stuff), so there's no need to explain.
Third party people have no real power, forget getting a third party president, it has only happened twice in US history, George Washington (first president) and Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) of the Whig Party.
George was a shoe in because there really wasn't two distinct parties at the birth of the nation. Fillmore was only the last of a traditional party (Whig) which was replaced by the Republican Party.
As for Senate and Representative seats, These are far and few between, Senate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_party...ted_States
Representatives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_party...sentatives
As a third party person, I am constantly forced to vote either Republican or Democrat simply because if I vote for a person of my party or another third party its like taking my ballot, shredding it, composting it and turning it into the soil. Worse, in some elections a third party candidates votes can be used to get the wrong guy into office, or the guy who you really don't want in office.
The real power is held by just two parties in the USA. Democrats and Republicans. If you want to have any real say, or have at least 50% chance of getting members into office you have to push yourself into either of these parties.
Americans are pretty deluded they have bought into the whole two party system, the majority flat refuse to entertain a third party for themselves.
Christians are a pretty conservative crowd (in public, we won't talk about all the sinning they do) so they fall into the group called 'conservative' Which is Republican.
Although Jesus was a Liberal and a Socialist, the Modern Christians can't stand for liberalism nor socialism... Go figure.
I still continue to promote the idea of voting third party and introducing voting systems without the spoiler effect(and ergo doesn't promote a two party system).
A lot of people's views seem to fit more with libertarian, green, and constitution parties policies than the actual parties they vote for, which is a sad failure of democracy really.