A third party is not a solution that wins immediately. And in this case, I believe it would get far more than 18%, ESPECIALLY if you could get a number of seated politicians to change their affiliation. We wouldn't start from scratch as support for a party with stated values and a mission is already prevalent in America. I concede that we split tickets for several years and likely hand several seats back to Dems for a time.
I've given up on any quick fix for our nation at this point. My generation is hopeless. But I am hoping for a renewed potential American Dream for my children 20 years down the road. We are already toast for the next two elections. It's a numbers game and with Amnesty.... well you get the point.
Before we can have a third party, we would need to get a second party.
And that will NEVER happen unless those pols are certain you can deliver.
And unless you control the local political scene, you CANNOT deliver. And you CANNOT control the local scene as a 3rd party. You will lose a substantial number of voters that will Never go along.
Why is the RATZ party so extremist left? Even 20 years ago, the RATZ were not this extreme.
The leftists did what I am preaching now, they took control of their party at the base, at the court house level, and now we have no more liberals, we only have commie pigs masquerading as RATZ.
There is NO NEED for a 3rd party. We only need to regain control of the RNC. It is an avenue that is faster and more sure than 3rd party non starters.