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Imagine what the numbers will be after the inevitable GOP cave on the debt ceiling. This is the first time Gallup finds a significantly higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats in favor of a third party. During much of President Bush’s term, the opposite was true, with Democrats more likely to favor the formation of a third party. That gap narrowed in 2007, after the Democrats’ victories in the 2006 midterms, and there has been a minimal difference between the two parties until the current poll.The increase in Republican support for a third party since 2008 could be an outgrowth...