Message from @The Supreme Xtream
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The problem is Trump has widespread support. His fundraising alone demonstrates Americans do not wish to have another establishment candidate.
*Many Whig members eventually branched off to form a new Party called the "Free Soil Party" (a One-Issue party on the topic of Abolitionism), which eventually became the Republican Party, electing their own President named Abraham Lincoln in 1860*
Quite honestly, you may see a departure from the Democratic party once Trump's re-elected.
Which would shake up politics, as the establishment with a failed Mueller investigation and impeachment will demonstrate complete incompetence in the eyes of Americans.
Likely a progressive party
Now, the Dems are basically like the Old Whigs rn. They have no ideology. They have people all over the place; many centrist, conservative, libertarian, progressive, neo-con, and neo-lib Demograts
They're only allied on "Orange Man Bad"
Just like the Old Whig Party, lol
True. But you have to take loyalism into account
In 2016, many Bernie voters refused to vote for Hillary
Yeah
In 2020, the same will happen with Bernie and Warren loyalists.
It's going to be a landslide election.
I can see Bernie winning and Warren barely winning
It's just a game of who can win the Rust Belt
And I can't see the DNC humbling themselves enough to select either of them.
And Bernie has that in the Bag but Warren...not so much
Biden's going to lose the rustbelt, hard.
Ye
Funny enough, the US had a Progressive Party once
It was actually the most successful Third Party in US History
Unfortunately, he split the Vote with Taft and gave Woodrow Wilson a Landslide Victory
Those numbers have *slightly* shifted
Don't worry. I'm sure we'll hear about how the Electoral College *desperately needs reform* once Trump's re-elected.
The Electoral College was always meant to be Temporary
In Fact, the Founders intended it to be replaced with Direct Democracy
No they fucken didn't
But the EC Favoured Land Owners and no way Land Owners were gonna share the vote with the Peasants
The founders hated direct democracies
They hated Direct Democracy as a System of Gov't
Not as a Voting Method
No, that's actually inaccurate. The founding father's understood the dangers of pure democracies, fearing the tyranny of the majority. That's why were a Democratic Republic.
It doesn't matter whether or not the founders favored it, the question is *is it a good idea*?
We're talking about electing a person
Not running a country
Ah, now I see your point.
Hell the founders didn;t even want everyone to vote
You look at mayors and district congressmen and senators
They're voted in with Direct Democracy