dagblog - Comments for "68% of Americans want a third party: How much longer can the two-party system hold?" http://dagblog.com/link/23-americans-want-third-party-how-much-longer-can-two-party-system-hold-26223 Comments for "68% of Americans want a third party: How much longer can the two-party system hold?" en They want a *Parliamentary* http://dagblog.com/comment/258457#comment-258457 <a id="comment-258457"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/258435#comment-258435">New from the @DemocracyFund</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>They want a *Parliamentary* system, but they're too stupid to realize. And then they'd have to move to Europe, where they'd have to deal with socialism, and it all goes downhill from there...<br /> But in an odd case of cultural appropriation, we actually get our system of government from India - <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiRsrKz68bdAhWR-qQKHaCdAv0QFjAAegQICRAB&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.latimes.com%2F1989-09-24%2Fnews%2Fmn-271_1_stoned-india-town&amp;usg=AOvVaw1hTJChhUwSt2txp7tCMzSB">Pandhurna to be exact</a>. Have to give credit where credit's due though - we've done a bangup job keeping tradition alive.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:17:00 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 258457 at http://dagblog.com data demystified #3: A Deep http://dagblog.com/comment/258451#comment-258451 <a id="comment-258451"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/23-americans-want-third-party-how-much-longer-can-two-party-system-hold-26223">68% of Americans want a third party: How much longer can the two-party system hold?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2018/9/18/data-demystified-4-a-deep-dive-into-the-distribution-of-progressive-ideology" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1537334379911_428">data demystified #3: A Deep Dive Into the Distribution of Progressive Ideology</a></p> <p>September 18, 2018</p> <p>Found recommended by Matthew Yglesias on this point:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Two fascinating charts <a href="https://t.co/G74itV8Q6I">https://t.co/G74itV8Q6I</a> <a href="https://t.co/PlGNpMWdVs">pic.twitter.com/PlGNpMWdVs</a></p> — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1042113559625433090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 05:16:33 +0000 artappraiser comment 258451 at http://dagblog.com New from the @DemocracyFund http://dagblog.com/comment/258435#comment-258435 <a id="comment-258435"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/258432#comment-258432">Two-thirds of US voters want</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">New from the <a href="https://twitter.com/DemocracyFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DemocracyFund</a> Voter Study Group: An ice bucket poured on third party hype -- courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/leedrutman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@leedrutman</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/BillGalston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillGalston</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/todlindberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@todlindberg</a>. Very much worth your time. <a href="https://t.co/pEQJstTD73">https://t.co/pEQJstTD73</a> <a href="https://t.co/4hFVrri7fA">pic.twitter.com/4hFVrri7fA</a></p> — John Sides (@johnmsides) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnmsides/status/1040685729498779654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:14:12 +0000 artappraiser comment 258435 at http://dagblog.com 68% of Americans want a 3rd http://dagblog.com/comment/258434#comment-258434 <a id="comment-258434"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/23-americans-want-third-party-how-much-longer-can-two-party-system-hold-26223">68% of Americans want a third party: How much longer can the two-party system hold?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>But muh plurality voting!</p> — Andrew Hatstat (@AndrewHatstat) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewHatstat/status/1042004380164214786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> </div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">68% of Americans want a 3rd political party but without reforms like <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RankedChoiceVoting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RankedChoiceVoting</a>, it will be hard to make that happen <a href="https://twitter.com/leedrutman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@leedrutman</a>’s latest for <a href="https://twitter.com/voxdotcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@voxdotcom</a> <a href="https://t.co/e22Ouenduo">https://t.co/e22Ouenduo</a></p> — FairVote (@fairvote) <a href="https://twitter.com/fairvote/status/1042108542474506240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:11:34 +0000 artappraiser comment 258434 at http://dagblog.com Two-thirds of US voters want http://dagblog.com/comment/258432#comment-258432 <a id="comment-258432"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/23-americans-want-third-party-how-much-longer-can-two-party-system-hold-26223">68% of Americans want a third party: How much longer can the two-party system hold?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Two-thirds of US voters want a 3d party - but only about 1/5 of those voters want a *moderate* 3d party. Real talk from <a href="https://twitter.com/leedrutman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@leedrutman</a> Bill Galston and Tod Lindberg <a href="https://t.co/fcWgCr8NTi">https://t.co/fcWgCr8NTi</a></p> — David Frum (@davidfrum) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1041718945282240514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:55:53 +0000 artappraiser comment 258432 at http://dagblog.com