http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/15/poll-58-say-competitive-third-party-good-for-usa/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:07:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/15/poll-58-say-competitive-third-party-good-for-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-61829 Deemer from California Wed, 16 May 2007 17:47:41 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/15/poll-58-say-competitive-third-party-good-for-usa/#comment-61829 Another interesting question would be that since there are currently 5 "National parties" would the same per- centage hold up if there were 5 Competitive parties? After all, people could in theory have all the bases covered. Big vs. small goverment, socially conservative or liberal would give voters 4 different choices with a centrist (not sit at either pole) party being the fifth choice. Within the last 10 years Canada HAS had up to 5 separate parties in Parliament. This could be a way to develope a political structure to solve some of the intractible problems in Congress. Besides with 3 or 4 or 5 competitive parties it would greatly increase the possibility of the House, Senate & Presidency being in the hands of different parties. Truly, the greatest way to create a separation of powers. It coulld also make for truly titanic battles on Cabinet or Supreme Court nominations in the Senate. Another interesting question would be that since there
are currently 5 “National parties” would the same per-
centage hold up if there were 5 Competitive parties?
After all, people could in theory have all the bases
covered. Big vs. small goverment, socially conservative
or liberal would give voters 4 different choices with a
centrist (not sit at either pole) party being the fifth
choice. Within the last 10 years Canada HAS had up to
5 separate parties in Parliament. This could be a way
to develope a political structure to solve some of the
intractible problems in Congress. Besides with 3 or 4
or 5 competitive parties it would greatly increase the
possibility of the House, Senate & Presidency being in
the hands of different parties. Truly, the greatest way
to create a separation of powers. It coulld also make
for truly titanic battles on Cabinet or Supreme Court
nominations in the Senate.

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/15/poll-58-say-competitive-third-party-good-for-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-61698 Bob Richard Wed, 16 May 2007 00:26:03 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/15/poll-58-say-competitive-third-party-good-for-usa/#comment-61698 The overall percentage is in line with previous polls going back many years. I don't know about the age difference; that might be new. It would be very interesting (but impossible) to know whether it is a "cohort effect" or an "age effect". These are sociological terms; an "age effect" would imply that each generation gets more comfortable with the two party system as it gets older. The overall percentage is in line with previous polls going back many years. I don’t know about the age difference; that might be new. It would be very interesting (but impossible) to know whether it is a “cohort effect” or an “age effect”. These are sociological terms; an “age effect” would imply that each generation gets more comfortable with the two party system as it gets older.

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