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That's why I never believed in the rhetoric of "it's too late to consider 3rd party!" before the elections. Here it is just 6 months later and "we don't have time for that". Is it disingenuous then to just say there will never be time for that, like it is being implied here?
edit: just saw your other comments, I hope your DNC-tea party plan works with some effect. It's harder for those who have voted for decades for a party that just isn't responsive to the citizens so we'll see I suppose.
It takes years to get a new party off the ground and in a meaningful position to take federal offices at any significant rate. During that time, you are mostly helping your farthest opposition of the main parties win by splitting the vote.
This is literally why the Tea Party operated by internal change of the GOP and not by starting a third party. And love them or hate them, they were effective at shifting the GOP.
My concern with this take is "what are we considering this effect to be?" If we are taking the average republican who wholly considers themselves to be "Conservative", their party was overtaken by extremists who are the antithesis to what the goal of that meaning is.
I don't want a "Blue Maga" which takes the party away from progressive policies in an attempt to drum up fanatical support "against the tyrannical reds" while in reality they continue destroying the democracy we have. An example is a new DNC who wishes to prosecute and deport those who are on the right (there are examples on this site of individuals who are "progressives" but think the "right" should all be rounded up).
When people say they want a "tea party" I think it's way to vague. Talking about the "effectiveness" of how the GOP has been changed is just completely scary, since in reality it just became a mask off-authoritarian free for all. I don't need a Corporatized DNC to decide they no longer need the decorum of piece-meal policy that helps citizens since they know everyone has no other choice (like what happened with the GOP).
Again, I really hope a "Left Tea Party" would cause the DNC to capitulate to progressive ideology, but that's not what happened on the conservative side (as evident from the big beautiful bullshit-bill).
edit: taking=talking, fixed a confusing sentence
It would take many decades for a new party to get the recognition.
Most voters probably think Obama is still president.
Would it though? I'm not convinced of that. We already know what the party should look and act like based on actual progressive parties and policies around the world (even some past actions in the states itself), we really just need a name to know it by for everyone to get behind.
It's the whole problem-solution thing, doesn't matter what the name of the website or company is, we just need something to step in and fill that gap.
You might not have noticed my point.
I think the vaaast majority of voters just vote the way they always have. They're just not engaged. There's no consideration of who to vote for.
I honestly think it would take either a revolution, or several decades before any other party has a chance.
Sadly many of them didn't know Kamela was even running until they couldn't find Biden's name on the polls come Election Night.