Poll Shows Majority of Republicans in Favor of Third Party
Poll Shows Majority of Republicans in Favor of Third Party
NOTE FROM STEWART: As I have said in several public speeches dating from last October, this is the GOP’s last chance. If the RINO’s in leadership blow it, and tick off the Tea Party and Ron Paul Republicans, they will finally abandon the Republican Party for good and support the rise of a third party and when it comes, the GOP will go the way of the Federalist and Whig parties – it will die away. Constitutionalists are just flat sick and tired of the Republican Party repeatedly selling them down the river and stabbing our Constitution in the back. They are sick of Republican politicians blathering about the Constitution during campaigns but violating their oaths on nearly every vote once elected. Our nation cannot afford another cycle of big government loving, government supremacist Republicans, who are as destructive of our Bill of Rights and our economy as big government loving, government supremacist leftists. Each such cycle is like another dose of poison, and Lady Liberty has now been fed so many doses of anti-constitutional poison by both major parties that she is in critical condition. She can’t take yet another dose. And concerned Americans know it. They will not let the GOP just go about business as usual and assist in the murder of our Republic. If the Republican Party continues on its path of betrayal, it will be abandoned out of necessity by those of us who realize how dire the situation is for our nation. – Stewart Rhodes
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Poll Shows Majority of Republicans in Favor of Third Party
Written by Raven Clabough Tuesday, 10 May 2011 12:04
Article found here:
See poll results at Gallup’s site:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/147461/Support-Third-Party-Dips-Majority-View.aspx
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Yesterday, Gallup poll released the results of its poll conducted from April 20-23 that reveals an unprecedented and dramatic change in the nation’s political climate. According to the poll, a majority of Americans, and, most notably, Republicans, believe that the United States needs a third political party.
The poll indicates that fifty-two percent of Republicans support the creation of a major, third political party, and an even greater number of Tea Party supporters made the same assertions. According to The Hill, the data “underscores the occasional tensions between grassroots conservatives and the GOP establishment.”
Likewise, 52 percent of Americans overall reported in the poll that a third political party is necessary.
As noted by The Hill, however, the most significant results pertained to Republican voters:
The number of Republicans who said that a third political party was necessary was at an all-time high since Gallup first began tracking opinion on the issue in 2003. And while support for a third party has crept steadily upward in the GOP, for the first time, it represents a majority opinion.
Supporters of the Tea Party are even more likely to back a third party, the poll found. Sixty percent of Tea Party supporters back a third party, while 32 percent say the existing two parties are adequate. By contrast, 47 percent of Tea Party opponents said the bipartisan system is adequate, and 44 percent favored a third party.
Gallup wrote of the results:
Gallup has always found political independents to be most desirous of a third party, and 68% currently are. But right now there is also a significant party gap, with 52% of Republicans favoring a third party, compared with 33% of Democrats.
This is the first time Gallup finds a significantly higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats in favor of a third party. During much of President Bush’s term, the opposite was true, with Democrats more likely to favor the formation of a third party. That gap narrowed in 2007, after the Democrats’ victories in the 2006 midterms, and there has been a minimal difference between the two parties until the current poll.
The notion that the Republican establishment may prompt the necessity for a third party has been articulated by prominent Republicans like former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who, when asked if a third party should form if voters are dissatisfied with Republicans, answered, “Why not?” Similarly, Republican Senator John Thune said he sees the formation of a third party if Republicans do not adhere to their principles.
In the past, third parties have proven to have significant impacts on close races. Currently, for example, in a special election for the congressional seat in New York’s 26th congressional district, Democrat Kathy Hochul is enjoying a lead over Republican Jane Corwin, who has to split votes with Tea Party candidate Jack Davis.
Gallup observes that the percentage of Americans in favor of third parties fluctuates, never surpassing 58 percent, and this most recent poll actually represents a smaller percentage of Americans in favor of third parties overall than from late last summer.
While more Americans are now identifying themselves as Independents than as members of either major political party, it does not necessarily indicate that a major third party will emerge, as a number of Independents do tend to have leanings towards one of the major political parties.
Likewise, Gallup writes, “Third parties also face institutional challenges to gaining power in the United States, in terms of the way Americans elect presidents and members of Congress, awarding electoral votes or seats to the party winning the most votes in a state or district.”
It’s worth noting, however, that the current political climate shows a majority of Americans unhappy with the federal government, as well as the Democrat and Republican parties.
A recent Associated Press-GfK poll shows that 59 percent of Americans are unhappy with the way Democrats in Congress are handling the economy, and 64 percent disapprove of the way Republicans in Congress are handling the economy.
While the poll indicates that Americans are seemingly dissatisfied with both parties, a majority of those polled, 53 percent, report that they would elect a Republican candidate for the House of Representatives over a Democratic candidate, 43 percent.
Overall, the AP-GfK poll shows 57 percent of those polled believe the United States is heading in the wrong direction, and 73 percent of those polled disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job.
Perhaps now is the best time for the emergence of a major third party.
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Addendum by Elias Alias:
I am personally delighted to see that so many Americans have become disillusioned by the two halves of the one political machine’s “Party” in this nation. I have shouted long and loudly that both political parties have worked together to destroy this nation’s Constitution and our bill of rights. I will never allow this nation to forget what the Republican machine did to Ron Paul in the 2008 election cycle. For those readers here who chance to agree with me, I’ve good news.
Nelson Hultberg has a great book entitled “The Conservative Revolution: Why We Need A Third Party To Win It”. I will be writing more about this very soon, having read the book and being now in the process of making a book report to share. I would like to invite all readers to purchase this book and see for yourself how Mr. Hultberg’s plan could work. Buy your copy here:
Salute!
Elias
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May 11th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Third Party?
Guaranteed minority status for that party AND the repubs for many years to come.
Sweet …
May 11th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Roth Hillman:
“Third Party?
Guaranteed minority status for that party AND the repubs for many years to come.
Sweet …”
Not if the GOP dies away. Look, the Republican Party started out as a third party. It can happen again, but this time it will be the GOP that is tossed in the dustbin of history UNLESS it gets its act together. Frankly, if the GOP doesn’t get its act together (and likewise for the Democratic Party), this nation may end up in the dustbin of history.
Tell us your solution. To just keep working within the GOP, no matter how many times the RINO ghouls in charge of it stab us all in the back? Is that your answer, to just bend over and take it – thank you sir, may I have another?
Or are you a Democrat who is looking forward to a collapse of the GOP? As if the Dems have any solutions to the now near terminal problems our nation faces – particularly the financial crisis. In my estimation, BOTH the Republicans and the Democrats are responsible for us being on the verge of going the way Argentina did back in 2001, when their economy collapsed and the people of Argentina lost 75% of the value of their money nearly overnight.
Stewart
May 12th, 2011 at 8:45 am
Another solution to the two-party duopoly would be to change our voting METHOD. “First past the post” or “simple majority winner take all” will ALWAYS end with a two-party system and will encourage “tactical voting” rather than people actually voting for the canditate that best represents them.
May 12th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Stewart, why do your solutions to the “potential problems” (paranoia) we face always involve so much speculation and wishful thinking? Just about everything you come up with has been tried before and didn’t work. Get your HOYA and your feet back on the earth, boyo, before you end up peering out at the rest of the world from a lean-to up in the Flathead.
May 13th, 2011 at 8:40 am
@ Roth Hillman on May 12, 2011, at 6:58 p.m. -
Roth Hillman, now that you’ve established your preference for attempts at character assassination, what do you actually have to say about the topic here?
Also, allow me to offer you a cautionary bit of advice. If you want your posts to stay up on our website, you’ll damn well show some intelligence instead of merely flinging insults. I want comments on these threads which indicate a willingness to engage the topic of the article. If you can do that your material may remain on our site. You might begin by explaining why you think it is paranoid to perceive that this nation has problems today. That would be a good place to start, eh?
Salute!
Elias
May 13th, 2011 at 9:41 am
I’m wondering what constitutes “paranoia?” Is it “paranoia” to believe that spending more than we have for DECADES straight might result in bankruptcy? Is this “paranoia” or merely stating the obvious?
Perhaps people think this can go on forever simply because it has been going on their entire lives. It’s a lot like believing that there will ALWAYS be cheap fossil fuels available… why? Because it has “always been that way.” I think the temptation is the same to ignore the financial lunacy of both of our political parties. They’ve been borrowing and printing all the money they wanted for as long as I’ve been alive. So it has “always been that way.” It can keep going that way forever.
May 14th, 2011 at 9:37 am
I have often wondered what could create a climate of change that would slow or reverse the downward spiral of incremental socialism. How much misery it might take to bring us to our senses. There is more than enough anger and confusion out there, but people seem to be plowing their energy into party A or party B, and it hasn’t worked. The pair of them have evolved into the right and left fist of the same beast as near as I can tell. Third party? I wish we had two.
We tried the Reform Party. Right idea, wrong leader? I don’t know. I’m glad to see the recognition that we should prepare for some kind of financial dislocation. I have mixed emotions about that. I don’t want the aggravation and hardship, but on the other hand, I don’t think anything short of the whole top heavy mess collapsing onto itself will bring about general desire to change course. Those who have the sense to “Hope for the best and prepare for the worst” will be in the best position to shape the aftermath. Be those guys. Be the calm voice, the steady hand. Keep to core principles and don’t deviate or be distracted. When uncertainty creeps in, trust your gut and God.
Keep in mind that we didn’t get here overnight, and it’s a long way back. You may not see it in your lifetime. Your spouse, kids, neighbors, co-workers may get sick of your crap. Why bother? I guess because you have to look in the mirror. It’s a good enough reason.