Subj : Re: The divide
To : Dumas Walker
From : paulie420
Date : Sun Feb 16 2025 12:47 pm
DW> > I also think the 2 party system is antiquated TODAY. Don't know how that
DW> > changes, as people have been trying for decades but think we'd be better
DW> > more options available...
DW>
DW> I think it has to start at the state level. Most states have rules and
DW> laws in place that make it very difficult for third party candidates to
DW> get financing and even get on the ballot. Since each state sets the
DW> rules as to who gets on their ballots, we often have 3rd party
DW> candidates running for President that are not on the ballot country-wide.
Great point - but daunting because that leaves decades before change. The people are supposed to be in control, but this experiment is so far down the road that things won't change in OUR lifetimes...
I think thats part of the reason the country voted for 'change' again this term - kinda funny that in 4 short years the 'change' was the same thing most of the country didn't want in 2016.
