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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-31-06 05:07 AM
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22. Perot. Nader. They spoke to the 3rd party desires of the people.
Get over it Dems.
Learn from it instead.

http://www.fairvote.org/irv/end_majority_rule.htm

Polls reveal a steadily rising growth in independent voters and support for creation of a third party. A Gallup poll in August 1995 showed that 62% of Americans favored "formation of a third political party that would run candidates for President, Congress and state offices against the Republican and Democratic candidates." The support for such a third party increased steadily the younger the voting age group, with 18-29-year-olds favoring formation of a third party by a lopsided 72%-18% margin. Gallup also found that the proportion of voters calling themselves independents had doubled since 1940 to its current 39%.

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