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Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63%

news.gallup.com Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63%

Sixty-three percent of Americans say a third U.S. political party is needed, up from 56% a year ago and by one percentage point the highest in Gallup's 20-year trend.

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Third time support has exceeded 60%, along with 2017 and 2021
Republicans primarily behind the increase, with 58% now in favor
Political independents remain group most likely to favor third party

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Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63%

news.gallup.com /poll/512135/support-third-political-party.aspx

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Why stop at three parties. We need like seven.
- We need Ranked Choice Voting at all levels including the presidency before we can have lots of different parties.
  
  I'm still annoyed that the Massachusetts ballot question on RCV failed to pass because of the unclear phrasing
- You would need to get rid of the "first past the pole" system anyway to allow for other parties to have an actual chance. As soon as that's done, more parties can easily be done.
  But well, the people who would need to make that happen are the same people who currently benefit from the system as it is.
  
  FYI it's first past the post, not pole.
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting
  
  Whoops. Thanks for the correction.

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