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Subjectmatter
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 Posted - 09/12/2005 : 07:52:34
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In Sweden there is a party called 'Kristdemokraterna' (The Christian Democrats) that soak up all the votes from the overly religious, we don't have many fundamentalists in Sweden but we do have a fair amount of religious people.
The party obtains about 4% of all votes, which is just enough to keep a toe inside the parliament but not enough to do any real damage.
In the US of course the fundie and the bigbrain demographic is quite large. Would it not be a good idea then for someone to start a fundamentalist party so that adults could vote for the real parties?
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Edited by - Subjectmatter on 09/12/2005 07:53:44
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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 Posted - 09/12/2005 : 08:09:02 [Permalink]
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| The US political system is not conducive to a multi-party system. However, I suspect the Republican party is headed for a split, with the religious nutjobs going one way and the fiscal conservatives (who have moderate/liberal social policies) going the other. I think this scenario will most likely produce a viable third party, but, againg, the political system here (winner-takes-all) makes it rather difficult. |
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Dave W.
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USA
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Posted - 09/16/2005 : 18:56:58 [Permalink]
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| We've already got fundamentalist groups which field political candidates, like the Christian Reconstructionists. The problem is that these folks are so extreme, only a fraction of a percent of the population vote for them. |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/16/2005 : 22:32:07 [Permalink]
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I think the idea that the Republicans are heading toward a split is wishful thinking. They are more closely knit now than they've possibly ever been.
We've got to keep recent history in mind here. It used to be that Democrats were the party of the south. Hell, it was Abe Lincoln - a Republican - who freed the slaves. Then the Dems were the party of the working class, of unions. In wasn't until only a few decades ago that the Republicans started aggressively identifying with poor southern whites (thus, the reason blacks today tend to vote Democrat), and even though most fundamentalists in America today are not outright racists, small-town, white racist evangelicals were the base from which the Republicans started building their numbers back up. The Republicans have largely given the fundies lip service and occasionally thrown them a bone.
Tthe scary thing is that today, we see more and more genuine fundies with money and power. For the fundies to split from the mainstream Republicans now would be a monumental error on their part.
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NubiWan
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 09/18/2005 : 11:08:08 [Permalink]
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We've already got fundamentalist groups which field political candidates, like the Christian Reconstructionists. The problem is that these folks are so extreme, only a fraction of a percent of the population vote for them.
Where's the "problem" here, Dave..?  |
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