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LOS ANGELES, July 27 (Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials will announce on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America's dysfunctional two-party system.
The new party, called Forward, will initially be co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey. They hope the party will become a viable alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties that dominate U.S. politics, founding members told Reuters.
Party leaders will hold a series of events in two dozen cities this autumn to roll out its platform and attract support. They will host an official launch in Houston on Sept. 24 and the party's first national convention in a major U.S. city next summer.
The merger involves the Renew America Movement, formed in 2021 by dozens of former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Donald Trump; the Forward Party, founded by Yang, who left the Democratic Party in 2021 and became an independent; and the Serve America Movement, a group of Democrats, Republicans and independents founded by former Republican congressman David Jolly.
The party, which is centrist, has no specific policies yet. It will say at its Thursday launch: "How will we solve the big issues facing America? Not Left. Not Right. Forward."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-former-republicans-democrats-form-new-third-us-political-party-2022-07-27/
Oh, ffs! This stuff only seems to hurt Democrats.
calguy
(5,306 posts)JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)country and Americans. The political system is dysfunctional due to gerrymandering etc but these people getting elected won't change that. The dysfunction is caused by one party.
calguy
(5,306 posts)AllyCat
(16,184 posts)FalloutShelter
(11,860 posts)Mad_Machine76
(24,412 posts)Time to carve up the vote and throw more elections (likely) to Republicans, whom will just make things worse for everybody. Just refuse to vote for Republicans and elect more Democrats and the gridlock problem will be eventually solved.
W_HAMILTON
(7,864 posts)He just doesn't have anyone that gives a shit about him.
As someone once famously said, "Andrew Yang should stop trying to make Andrew Yang happen."
Mad_Machine76
(24,412 posts)Is not happening.
brush
(53,776 posts)a political unknown who's never held office doesn't have much of a chance to get the Dem presidential nomination, or the mayoralty of New York City.
Guess it still escapes him that he maybe should've run successfully for Congress or the state legislature first instead of TWO OF THE HIGHEST PROFILE OFFICES IN THE LAND.
JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,839 posts)applegrove
(118,640 posts)brush
(53,776 posts)But I don't think we'll here much from them after this. They aren't even having a national convention until next summer, after the mid-terms. WTH is with that? Seems they'd want to make an impact before the mid-terms if anything?
comradebillyboy
(10,144 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)NBachers
(17,108 posts)"Tulsi . . . Hello, is this Tulsi? Tulsi, this is Andrew Yang . . ."
comradebillyboy
(10,144 posts)davepdx
(224 posts)is for people really bad at math. The Law of Unintended Consequences with reign.
onecaliberal
(32,852 posts)WA-03 Democrat
(3,047 posts)Not at all
onecaliberal
(32,852 posts)Did he vote regularly? Which party?
I'm so tired of the attention whores.
haele
(12,650 posts)Every single successful political party in the US after around 1820 started at the local level. An most never got much past the local level, at that.
If a third party is eager to position itself only at the national level, without any actual policy or governance track record they can point to, then they're just playing spoiler to a mainstream political party.
The occasional Bernie Saunders or Angus King type is not the sign of strong national third parties. They are particular representations to those states or localities they come from.
Haele
onecaliberal
(32,852 posts)TygrBright
(20,759 posts)NBachers
(17,108 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)3 guesses and the first 2 guesses don't count.
LiberalFighter
(50,912 posts)JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)By the way, whos bankrolling this flop, the Koch Foundation?
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Dems will benefit from it.
We will get around 42-45 percent of the vote consistently under a 3 party system.
PSPS
(13,594 posts)Our elections are defined in the constitution as the "winner take all" type. Thus, there can be only two viable parties. These occasional forays into fantasy land are just thinly-veiled subversion to help republicans. For proof of that, just look at the two people behind it: Yang and Todd-Whitman.
msongs
(67,403 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,753 posts)plus former Republican Congressman David Jolly.*
"The party, which is centrist, has no specific policies yet". Centrist? Really?
*and Andrew Yang, who will be playing the part of Alan Colmes
JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)I think it's a bunch of Republicans who think the main party can't be turned around. These guys probably aren't authoritarians but I don't know if their policies are actually any better .
Raven123
(4,830 posts)texasfiddler
(1,990 posts)I would spread the word that this new group is against legalized pot and climate change policy. Repeat it over and over.
Farmer-Rick
(10,163 posts)All those officials from GOPers campaigns. The "centrist" label.
This is designed for disaffected GOPers who are now/were never Trumpers.
This will never attract the far left and the Dems on this board wouldn't be attracted to this crew.
I really think this will draw more Republicans then Dems away.
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