Conquer Club

karel wrote:we are a free country as long as we keep pound the pricks from the left into the ground,everytime they say a word they should be given a fine

TheForgivenOne wrote:

karel wrote:we are a free country as long as we keep pound the pricks from the left into the ground,everytime they say a word they should be given a fine

Almost sounds like a dictatorship "If you say something we don't like, I'm going to break your arm"

karel wrote:we are a free country as long as we keep pound the pricks from the left into the ground,everytime they say a word they should be given a fine

karel wrote:we are a free country as long as we keep pound the pricks from the left into the ground,everytime they say a word they should be given a fine

jonesthecurl wrote:So it's a free country provided that everybody who disagrees with you shuts the f*ck up? Some new meaning of the word "free" of which I was previously unaware.

mookiemcgee wrote:They were a legitimate party in a two party system? So they were on the ballot right next to the Dems and Reps eh? How many national elections did they win? How about state level elections?

In the 19th Century new parties continued to develop. In 1832, the Anti-Masonic Party won 8% of the vote. In 1848 the Free Soil Party, led by former President Martin Van Buren, won 10% of the vote. In 1856, the year the Republican Party was born–as a new or “3rd Party–another 3rd Party, the American Party (or Know Nothings as they came to be better known) won 22% of the popular vote with former President Millard Fillmore heading the ticket.

This, generally speaking, was the foundation of what became known as the Progressive Party. In 1912, the Progressive Party, with Theodore Roosevelt as its standard bearer, received over 4,000,000 popular votes (27.4% of the total) and over 88 electoral votes. In 1916, however, Roosevelt deliberately scuttled the Progressive Party, and went back to the Republican Party. That year, the Progressive Party failed to nominate a candidate for President at its national convention. The Progressive Party did survive in some states until the 1940’s and again ran a Presidential ticket in 1924 with Senator Robert La Follette as its Presidential nominee and Senator Burton K. Wheeler as its Vice-Presidential candidate. That ticket secured 4,800,000 popular votes (16.6%) and 13 electoral votes, but 1924 proved to be the end for the Progressive Party as a national entity.

tzor wrote:

mookiemcgee wrote:They were a legitimate party in a two party system? So they were on the ballot right next to the Dems and Reps eh? How many national elections did they win? How about state level elections?

Fringe third parties are not new. (Remember the Republican Party started out as a third party to the existing Whig/Democratic scene.)

In the 19th Century new parties continued to develop. In 1832, the Anti-Masonic Party won 8% of the vote. In 1848 the Free Soil Party, led by former President Martin Van Buren, won 10% of the vote. In 1856, the year the Republican Party was born–as a new or “3rd Party–another 3rd Party, the American Party (or Know Nothings as they came to be better known) won 22% of the popular vote with former President Millard Fillmore heading the ticket.

This, generally speaking, was the foundation of what became known as the Progressive Party. In 1912, the Progressive Party, with Theodore Roosevelt as its standard bearer, received over 4,000,000 popular votes (27.4% of the total) and over 88 electoral votes. In 1916, however, Roosevelt deliberately scuttled the Progressive Party, and went back to the Republican Party. That year, the Progressive Party failed to nominate a candidate for President at its national convention. The Progressive Party did survive in some states until the 1940’s and again ran a Presidential ticket in 1924 with Senator Robert La Follette as its Presidential nominee and Senator Burton K. Wheeler as its Vice-Presidential candidate. That ticket secured 4,800,000 popular votes (16.6%) and 13 electoral votes, but 1924 proved to be the end for the Progressive Party as a national entity.

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Here is a list of third party presidential candidates who were moderately successful, Most Successful Third Party US Presidential Candidates

karel wrote:we are a free country as long as we keep pound the pricks from the left into the ground,everytime they say a word they should be given a fine