The organization believes that there are several issues, such as abortion, climate change, and gun control, that could benefit from a more moderate approach.
Additionally, the new political party will support open primaries and ranked-choice voting systems, as well as an end to gerrymandering and protection of voting rights on a national scale.
“Sixty-two per cent of Americans now want a third party, which is a record high, because they can see that our leaders aren’t getting it done,” Yang told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day” on Thursday in a joint appearance with Whitman.
“When asked about the policy goals, the majority of Americans actually agree on really even divisive issues. This is a fact that emerges when you ask about the policy goals.
There is, in fact, a position that can be taken by a coalition that adheres to common sense on the most contentious issues of our time, such as abortion and gun control, as well as on virtually every other topic imaginable.”
According to the opinion piece published in the Post, Forward is making preparations to host a national convention during the summer of 2019 and will soon begin the process of applying for ballot access to run candidates in 2024.
The political party announced in a press release that it would be launching an election campaign “a national building tour this fall to hear from voters and start laying the groundwork for expanded state-by-state party registration and ballot access, relying on the combined nationwide network of the three organizations.
” It plans to gain legal recognition “in 15 states by the end of 2022, double that number in 2023, and in almost all U.S. states by the end of 2024.”
According to a news release, even though Forward will not be running any of its own candidates in the midterm elections that will take place this year, the organization still plans to “support select candidates in November who stand up for our democracy, even if they come from outside the new party.”
In their opinion piece, Jolly, Whitman, and Yang acknowledged the obvious lack of success that third parties have had in the United States in the past.
They wrote, “Most third parties in U.S. history failed to take off, either because they were ideologically too narrow or the population was uninterested.” [citation needed]
However, they stated that “voters are calling for a new party now more than ever,” referring to a poll that was conducted by Gallup the previous year.
An Independent campaign for the Senate in Missouri has been launched by John Wood, a former investigator for the January 6 committee.
“Americans of all stripes — Democrats, Republicans, and independents — are invited to be a part of the process, without abandoning their existing political affiliations,” Jolly, Whitman, and Yang wrote in their article.
“By joining us to discuss building an optimistic and inclusive home for the politically homeless majority,” they invite people to participate in the process without giving up their existing political affiliations.
When Keilar on Thursday asked Whitman and the other members of the group why they believed their effort to create a third party would be successful, Whitman responded, “We’re in a different time.”
“People are sick and tired of what they are seeing in Washington, and the fact that nothing major is getting done is frustrating them.
When you have fifty per cent of the American population says that they are registered independent, this indicates that people are sick and tired of what they are seeing in Washington.
We are confronted with significant challenges, and we are committed to working toward a solution “…as she had stated.
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This election cycle has seen a handful of races that have attracted national attention thanks to the participation of independent candidates.
Evan McMullin, a conservative who ran for president in 2016 on a platform of opposing Trump’s policies, is running against Republican Sen. Mike Lee in Utah and has the support of the state’s Democratic Party.
McMullin is challenging Lee on the basis that he is more conservative than Trump. John Wood, a former senior investigator for the House select committee investigating the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, is running for the open seat in the United States Senate in the state of Missouri as a “commonsense alternative” to the field of candidates vying for the Republican and Democratic nominations in that race.
And in the state of Oregon, where there is currently no incumbent governor, Betsy Johnson, a former state senator who defected from the Democratic Party the previous year, is a leading candidate for the open governor’s seat.
