E12 - The Two Party System Part 2

The American people are aware that the government is dividing the country. The two-party system has failed to provide a clear representation of the people and instead created a country divided by red and blue states. However, there may be hope on the horizon. Though third parties have always struggled to make any headway in the two-party system, they have the potential to disrupt the Republican-Democrat duopoly. And now is their chance to change history. In today’s episode of the Pod Bless America Podcast, Jim and Dan talk about the numbers behind the US political parties, what it takes for independent parties to gain seats, and why breaking the two-party system remains an uphill battle. Enjoy! In this Episode1:48 - The numbers behind the US political parties 5:11 - How a third party may be able to dominate the two-party system 11:15 - Why independent parties must be absolutely independent 14:30 - What it takes for independent parties to get a seat 17:28 - What makes people say that a third party is like a swarm of bees 21:50 - The first step towards government reform 26:05 - Why independent parties still have a hill to climb 30:05 - Why nobody trusts the CDC anymore Favorite Quotes"So the country knows that there's a problem. The country knows that the government is dividing us and it's getting worse, but we can't get a third party off the ground? 82% know this, and we're gonna keep voting for the Republicans, we're gonna keep voting for the Democrats? And we know what they're doing to us? If you take that 82% and put them all into a third party, we take the power away from the Republicans and the Democrats." - Jim Larkin "Give the independence a home to where they can be counted, to where they can get the funding, to where they can be seen as a force to be reckoned with. Because every election cycle, we get to have a face in a name." - Dan Wilkinson Jr. "If we could get everybody on board with an independent party and we could push the Democrats and the Republicans out of the fringes or at least give us 33% share, politics changes." - Jim Larkin "We need to quit buying into the stuff that the social media and the government is pushing on us. We need to start treating each other right and then we can move on into this. We're never going to be able to get a third party if we stay so divided." - Jim Larkin "Start finding these younger generations that are sick of these older generations running this country into the ground. And they know it's time for a change. These are the young guys that are coming up that believe in term limits" - Jim Larkin Engage with Pod Bless America PodcastEmail: [email protected] Listen to more episodes of the Pod Bless America PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts