Time to break free of traditional political ideological labeling and divisions. Time to abandon old, divisive sociopolitical labels like “liberal” and “conservative”.

A new political party based on a vastly, commonly held virtures lends itself to embrace over 66% of Americans, and it clearly embraces progressive principled thinking. In the most ideal American sense of unity, a political party should not be able to be defined or placed as “to the left” or “to the right” of where the Democratic or Republican parties currently are. Just let it exist organically based on present-day principled thinking. The American Progressive Majority.

Originally Posted By u/Atlanticbboy At 2025-03-23 04:38:18 AM | Source

  • AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    5 days ago

    Hopefully they leave the Democrats and start and actual leftist party. Otherwise their impact will be limited.

    • vvilld@50501.chatEnglish
      31·
      5 days ago

      Given how the American political system works, I think their impact would be even more limited if they did not work within the Democratic Party. I think the only hope for a real national progressive/leftist party is to takeover and co-opt the Democratic Party, much like Trump did with the Republican Party.

      • AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        You are exactly correct. And how did they do that? By creating a 3rd party, costing Republicans tons of votes, and forcing them to move to the right.

        • vvilld@50501.chatEnglish
          11·
          5 days ago

          What 3rd party did they create? The last significant (and I use that word very loosely here) new US 3rd party was the Green Party formed in the 90s.

            • vvilld@50501.chatEnglish
              11·
              5 days ago

              That’s just my point. It wasn’t a party like OP here is calling for. It was a movement within the Republican Party.

              What OP is calling for here is kinda the exact opposite. The Tea Party movement successfully got a bunch of people who typically don’t engage in politics to join and vote for Republicans. The never had a problem of ballot access or competing with an ideologically similar opponent in general elections because they weren’t a different party. OP here is calling for people to vote for a new third party. That’s a completely different thing.