Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced Wednesday a new political third party to appeal to millions of voters who say they are unhappy with what they see as America’s dysfunctional two-party system.
The new party, which they called “Forward,” will initially be led by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Young and former New Jersey Republican governor Christian Todd Whitman.
The founding members said they hope the party will become an effective alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties that dominate American politics.
Party leaders will also hold a series of events this fall in more than two dozen cities to launch their platform and drum up support, including an official launch event in Houston on Sept. 24, and the party’s first national convention in One of the biggest cities in America next summer.
The new party is formed by merging three political groups that have emerged in recent years in response to the increasingly polarized and closed US political system. Leaders cited a Gallup poll last year that found two-thirds of Americans believe a third party. needed.
The merger includes Renew America, founded in 2021 by dozens of former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump, and the Forward Party, founded by Young, who left the Democratic Party in 2021. did and became Independents Serving America, a group of Democrats, Republicans and independents founded by former Republican Congressman David Jolly.
Pillars of the new party’s platform include “reviving a fair and prosperous economy” and “giving Americans more choices in elections, more trust in a functioning government, and more say in our future,” while the centrist party still has no particular policy. does not have.
It is not yet clear how the new party will affect the electoral prospects of either party in this highly polarized country.
Political analysts doubt his success.
The party is seeking formal registration and nominations in 30 states by the end of 2023, and in all 50 states by late 2024, in time for the 2024 presidential election.
Source: Lebanon Debate
