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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
That hasn’t happened since Ross Perot. The one thing I give Republicans is that they know how to play the game, and the voters know that 3rd party votes don’t give you what you want. The tea party was incorporated, as were libertarians like the Paul’s. Democrats need to do the same on the left with Green Party candidates and progressives.
To do that well, you need to include some policies that will appease those groups, while being a centrist on items that may alienate swing voters. I think that is starting to happen, but you are never going to get everything you want, that’s just politics.
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The Tea Party has been kind of a disaster for the Republicans. The Republicans lucked out by having Trump come in and magically win the rust belt states that changed everything for the last 4 years. But the Tea Party forcing in their candidates in states like Virginia and North Carolina are making the Republican non-viable in states they used to have a chance in. Once the rust belt flips back blue, Republicans are in a bad spot.