Furious Democrats are pushing “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to primary Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he agreed to vote with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, according to reports.

  • GoatTnder@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    As long as the US uses a first-past-the-post system, third parties will not be viable. The only REAL way to go forward is to take over the Democratic party and push it left. We’ll see how it goes…

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      3 days ago

      As a left libertarian who has actually voted libertarian before, yeah, third parties are fucking cooked in this county.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      The US has always had two parties, but it hasn’t always had the same two parties. Creating a new party that’s successful is entirely possible, if doing so completely destroys one of the existing parties in the process.

      For example, the Whig Party emerged after the Federalist Party collapsed, and the Republican Party emerged after the Whig Party collapsed.

      See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States