<story><title>Andrew Yang to launch a third party</title><url>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/09/andrew-yang-third-party-511033</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jeffreyrogers</author><text>Seems like you&amp;#x27;d have better luck trying to capture the GOP than start another party. There is a large population of Republican voters that is not really &amp;quot;conservative&amp;quot;, but just anti-Democrat. Someone who captured this base while remaining appealing to some moderates&amp;#x2F;independents would do quite well.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cabalamat</author><text>&amp;gt; Seems like you&amp;#x27;d have better luck trying to capture the GOP than start another party.&lt;p&gt;Or if someone like Yang but more socially conservative tried to capture the GOP.&lt;p&gt;Then in 2024 when neither of them win their ticket, but both do fairly well, getting lots of publicity, they join forces to run as a 3rd party. Obviously the establishment would try hard to squash them -- but tens of millions hate the establishment!&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;  There is a large population of Republican voters that is not really &amp;quot;conservative&amp;quot;, but just anti-Democrat.&lt;p&gt;And a lot of Democrat voters who don&amp;#x27;t like the Dems, just dislike the Reps more.</text></comment>
<story><title>Andrew Yang to launch a third party</title><url>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/09/andrew-yang-third-party-511033</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jeffreyrogers</author><text>Seems like you&amp;#x27;d have better luck trying to capture the GOP than start another party. There is a large population of Republican voters that is not really &amp;quot;conservative&amp;quot;, but just anti-Democrat. Someone who captured this base while remaining appealing to some moderates&amp;#x2F;independents would do quite well.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>slothtrop</author><text>He appears popular with moderates and reactionaries to identity politics, but the share of supporters probably wouldn&amp;#x27;t be higher were he in the GOP, not to mention that his values &amp;#x2F; platform are staunchly Dem.</text></comment>