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Story Highlights
- Third time support has exceeded 60%, along with 2017 and 2021
- Republicans primarily behind the increase, with 58% now in favor
- Political independents remain group most likely to favor third party
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While it may be reasonable to remove the display of party affiliation from ballots, you can’t prevent people from forming political groups. Banning “political parties” would not really prevent the damage that they cause.
Indeed. This is well-evidenced by the forming of political factions in one-party states. Even though no new political parties can form, individual factions will form in the single party based on individuals or popular policies.
That also fosters an environment of “Make the decisions that make me the most money in 2/4/6 years when I leave this job and get a cushy position at the company that has been lobbying me.”
It would work maybe with another species, one that doesn’t have tribalism ingrained in every fiber of their being.
“man is by nature a political animal”
You can protect the people’s right of assembly, or you can ban political parties. You can’t do both.