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Until there is a viable third party in US politics, is there anything to fret over?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) October 20th, 2016

With this entire sniveling, griping, etc. it is to no avail unless if there is no viable third party to play spoiler. If Trump gets in the White House, unless the party of Twiddle Dumb controls both the House and the Senate Trump will get nothing done because the party of Twiddle Dee will stonewall him, and vice versa if Hilary gets in, the party of Twiddle Dumb will stonewall her. The stalemate always favors the ”No” party, even without a vote being decided on any issue. Why worry about a candidate that doesn’t control both houses? There is nothing really that will be a game changer until a candidate appears to have both the House and the Senate on their side. The only way none of that would factor is if there were a third party large enough that they would be needed to push anything through.

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Rarebear's avatar

As long as Hillary get in and locks in a pro-choice progressive Supreme Court for decades I’ll be fine. I’m sure you feel the same.

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

Or worse the Mad Hatter Vermin Supreme Whom the world would be a better choice than the front runners.

Seek's avatar

The person elected President will choose a number of Supreme Court justices. Yes, it matters which of the two nominees who have a snow cone’s chance in Hell of winning is the one to choose them.

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

^^^ As long as Hillary get in and locks in a pro-choice progressive Supreme Court for decades I’ll be fine.
That sent a cold shiver down my spine, made my decision I have to vote for the loud mouth if his position is different than THAT.

Seek's avatar

Oh, the days I’m happy to know I’m in a swing state and my vote is worth more than most.

Rarebear's avatar

There. You answered your own question.

MrGrimm888's avatar

The government, at this point ,seems broken. It doesn’t matter how many parties there are. They still get paid for getting nothing done. The losers of the elections drag their feet now days,instead of working together.

Drastic, sweeping changes are needed for anything to really change for the better.

@Hypocrisy_Central . Just because Trump wins doesn’t mean abortions will change. This is the same shit the Republican party pulls each election. They tell you to vote them in ,and there won’t be any more abortions, or gay marriage. When they get into office they can’t just make those changes without a lot of mountains moving. They can appoint more conservative supreme Court Justices, but who even knows if Trump will do that? He doesn’t care about people who are living, why would he care about them before they are born?

How many abortions do you think Trump himself is personally responsible for?

He’s just telling his republican base what they want to hear.

If elected, Trump is far more likely to cause world war ,than make abortions illegal.

Would global cataclysm be the lesser of the two evils ?

zenvelo's avatar

made my decision I have to vote for the loud mouth if his position is different than THAT.

One of the banes of our electoral process of the last fifty years has been the prevalence of the single-issue voter, who does not see the inconsistency in a candidate’s stand on one issue and how it conflicts with everything else the candidate says.

That is why we as a people need to fret over the current and future elections.

BellaB's avatar

SCOTUS

that’s what matters

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