Break The Duopoly

We have the solution to end the two-party political system in America.

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I had the honor of interviewing Break the Duopoly's Andrew Davidson on our Long Live Alternative Parties Podcast. https://t.co/TP2eVF3JZJ @BreakTheDuo

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Good momentum, but could really use some help from our right-leaning friends!

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Checkout this article about how the third party movement is growing! @independent_win

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IN DEPTH: Prominence of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign gave boost to critics of America’s two-party system

A presidential candidate, two congressional candidates and several dozen disparate-but-like-minded advocates gathered in a suburban Denver Marriott on Thursday morning to discuss a political movement that they believe is having its moment.

At least, that’s how attendees at the 2024 Independent National Convention (@independent_win) felt. Bolstered by @RobertKennedyJr’s now-paused independent presidential run and convinced of high dissatisfaction with America’s political status quo, several attendees and speakers said interest in #independent candidates and movements was accelerating.

They lambasted the country’s dominant two-party political system and pointed to data about the growing number of Americans — and Coloradans — who identify as independent.

“The third-party movement is strong and it’s growing, and I think that’s because people are so disillusioned and disgusted with the two major parties and the political status quo,” @RonTupa, a former Democratic state lawmaker, said in an interview. He’s now running a longshot bid as a Unity Party candidate (@RTupa4Congress) against U.S. @RepPettersen, a Democrat.

Speakers at the three-day event at the Denver Marriott Tech Center, which ended Thursday night, included (or were set to include) @AndrewYang, the former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and entrepreneur who went on to launch the @Fwd_Party; former U.S. Rep. @Dennis_Kucinich; several tech and wellness entrepreneurs; and a handful of alumni from the Kennedy campaign.

#RFKJr himself was supposed to headline the convention, but he pulled out. Former Democratic presidential candidate @MarWilliamson spoke in his place Wednesday night.

Some attendees and groups advocated for alternative voting methods they thought would help break up America’s two-party political stasis. Blake Huber, the Denver-based presidential candidate for the Approval Voting Party, laughed that he tells people not to vote for him (though he said his ego may require him to vote for himself).

He was running, as he had in 2020, to bolster support for “approval voting” — a system under which voters are allowed to select all the candidates they support in a given race, rather than just one.

“You want independents to get their true level of support? You want approval voting,” said Huber, who was wearing blue sandals and an impossible-to-miss orange T-shirt that showed how approval voting worked on the back.

A variety of minor parties were present, including the @LPCO and its executive director, @James4Peace_ Wiley, who’s running for U.S. Rep. @LaurenBoebert’s current seat on the Western Slope. So were Huber’s party and the Alliance Party.

Kennedy’s campaign had a booth, too, complete with a life-sized cutout. Around the corner was a booth for a Sept. 11 conspiracy group. Outside, a @Tesla Cybertruck — emblazoned with cryptocurrency logos and images of former President Donald Trump and Kennedy, who’s now backing @realDonaldTrump — sat parked by the curb.

“I think we’re reaching a tipping point,” Tupa said optimistically of independent candidates, groups and voters.

It’s true that more Americans view themselves as independents, and in Colorado, unaffiliated voters now greatly outnumber Democrats and Republicans. But that doesn’t equate to a unified political swell, particularly when many self-identified independents still back one of the major parties — and when the existing independent movement is “scattered,” as one activist put it.

Case in point: Tupa still describes himself as a progressive, and before he spoke to a small crowd about building independent political power, another speaker — Michael Maxsenti (@MMaxsenti), who’s supported minor parties elsewhere — told the room that they should vote for Trump.

“If you really understand Bobby (Kennedy Jr.) and what’s going on, you have to suck it up,” Maxsenti said. “Vote for Trump and hope and pray, as we do, that Trump is truly a changed individual — and, now, that he’s learned his lessons from his first opportunity.”

For his part, Yang posted on the social platform X Wednesday: “I’m an Independent Forwardist who will be voting for Kamala Harris in November.”

Several attendees credited Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist, with giving a boost to independent and minor party candidates and movements; Kennedy buttons and hats were common Thursday. But, as onetime Colorado 5th Congressional District candidate Katrina Nguyen (@kat4house) noted, Kennedy initially sought to run as a Democrat. Then, after securing ballot access in multiple states, he (mostly) dropped out late last month and endorsed Trump — a three-time presidential candidate for one of the major parties.

“There are some people who I don’t think they necessarily care as much about growing the independent, third-party movement as they just care about having a voice within the two major party system,” she said. (It was Nguyen who described the movement as “scattered.��)

In his morning talk, Tupa had urged attendees to donate money to minor party and unaffiliated candidates. That prompted Huber, a self-described green-libertarian, to call out that he’d just donated $100 to Tupa — a progressive “of the left,” in his telling — and that he would give $5 more for every donation Tupa received at the convention Thursday.

Nguyen echoed a similar sentiment: If independent political movements are indeed having a moment now, mutual support for those movements is required to capitalize upon it.

“Our project will help third-party candidates that I don’t even like, or third parties that I don’t even like. But that’s not the point. I want them to have a chance,” she said. “At this point, no one has a chance.”

By Seth Klamann | The Denver Post

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Checkout @VotePact and @samhusseini
We share the same mission of ending the two-party divide. Let's bring people together, in-person or online.

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#Journalist, artist & @StateDept's favorite guest @SamHusseini joins us to discuss @VotePact, #journalism,#censorship & more! Thurs Sept 19, 9PM EDT Live here on "X" & 👇
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#Journalist, artist & @StateDept's favorite guest @SamHusseini joins us to discuss @VotePact, #journalism,#censorship & more! Thurs Sept 19, 9PM EDT Live here on "X" & 👇
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With @Kelleyswords & @MatthewPHoh + more

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@SpiritofHo If only there were better candidates!
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What matters is how you vote! More of this insanity or vote for different candidates to change the status quo???
We've created a system, so you can vote independently without helping the 'other guy' win.
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[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

This debate won't matter. It was just eliminated as an inflection point. The American people still know nothing about Kamala Harris' positions. Donald Trump is still Donald Trump. And the legacy media are still a giant flaming dog turd.

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@nowthisimpact Don't settle for the 'lesser of two evils'. We eliminate the spoiler effect by pairing voters from opposite sides to voter 3rd party:
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@SpiritofHo @DrJillStein We pair up voters from opposite sides to leave the two party system together:
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@ChaseForLiberty We've eliminated the 'spoiler' effect!
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We've eliminated the 'spoiler' effect!
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[Chase Oliver @ChaseForLiberty]

You can vote for a Libertarian Presidential candidate in 47 states.

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Vote for better candidates without helping the other side! https://t.co/keVDGyMUti

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Vote 3rd party without helping the other side!
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[Empire Of Lies @berningman16]

Both of these clowns need to be fired. #Debate2024

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@berningman16 The establishment wants you to settle for the lesser of two evils! Don't let them win! Pair up with someone from the other side and vote 3rd party together!
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@MattWalshBlog The establishment wants you to settle for the lesser of two evils! Don't let them win! Pair up with someone from the other side and vote 3rd party together!
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@LPNational @ChaseForLiberty The establishment wants you to settle for the lesser of two evils! Don't let them win! Pair up with someone from the other side and vote 3rd party together!
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@nypost The establishment wants you to settle for the lesser of two evils! Don't let them win! Pair up with someone from the other side and vote 3rd party together!
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@SabbySabs2 The establishment want you to settle for the lesser of two evils! Don't let them win! Pair up with someone from the other side and vote 3rd party together!
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