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Plane

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Seating from the right to the left
« on: October 28, 2006, 02:14:18 PM »
"Some consider the political Right to include those forms of liberalism that emphasize the free market more than egalitarianism in wealth, but many free-market advocates, including most libertarians, share certain political ideologies with the left-wing and conceive of a two-dimensional political spectrum that they say more accurately portrays their political position.[1] (See Nolan chart, Pournelle Chart, Political Compass). Many anarchists (including libertarian socialists) also avoid placing themselves on the classic political spectrum.

See political spectrum and left-right politics for further discussion of this kind of classification."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics

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It has been convienient for a long time to describe government policys in a bipolar set of terms.

But the two partys that we are so used to are leaveing an increaseing number of people cold and uninspired , plenty of people not satiafied by either one.


So the potential exists for a third  (or fourth) party to finally get some traction , is one of the alternatives well prepared to exploit the oppurtunity?

With power split threee ways the smaller minority might have the frequent position as swing vote , and be able to trade support for one issue for favorable support in another. It could be a spoiler in any close vote or Veto situation.

So with only a few seats in an evenly devided Congress, a third party could have serious influence over time.

But how would the Media describe them without the recourse to all the many bipolar terms ?

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Re: Seating from the right to the left
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2006, 02:19:04 PM »
Good point. It would require a new set of terms.  Probably a good thing. Change is growth.

Let's see mroe parties/positions. The smorgosbord approach. Gives voters more options. It might actually make them educate themselves more about the issues.