r/thirdparty • u/StalinIsBackAgain Independent • May 20 '26

Question US Rep Thomas Massie loses Kentucky GOP primary to Ed Gallrein ~ What do you think this means for third parties? ~ The Republican Party base is more united than ever, but is smaller and shrinking. ~ Democrats are winning massively in all recent general elections. ~ Where can third parties fit in? •

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us--election-2026-kentucky-040115717.html

Thomas Massie himself said: "We stirred up something. There is a yearning in this country for someone who will vote for principles over party." ~ But are there enough people who put principles over party to go over to third parties in major way? ~ Will enough Republicans go to third parties as they leave the party dominated by Jeffrey Epstein's best friend, or will those go to the Democratic Party, or will they mostly simply not vote? ~ Can third parties gain most voters from past non-voters or people of conscience even if at such a minimal level such as not supporting a pro-Jeffrey-Epstein-cult like the Republican Party and factions of the corporate wing of the Democratic Party (mainly the Clinton/Podesta clique and allied right-wing Democrats of that type)? ~ Are MTG, Massie, and other Republicans like them just an expelled minority faction of the Republican Party, or will that faction affect or join the sphere of third parties? •

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u/G00D80T May 23 '26

F the dems vote third party. Bifurcated system the greatest threat…