Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2020-07 to 2026-04.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
The current two-party system is failing, and establishing third-party alternatives is necessary to achieve meaningful political change.
4 people · 3 episodes
The existing political systems in Britain and America are broken and provide significant room for a new, sensible, and socially savvy center ground party.
“And I think there is so much room to try to rebuild a sensible, exciting, good humored, active, socially media savvy center ground. We need independent parties in and and and you think in the UK that would be somebody who has beautiful ears to refer back to your book.”
The Rest Is Politics · Jul 2025 · 1 episode · 142K views on this topicThe political environment is currently ripe for a significant independent candidate or ticket in the near future.
“I have never seen a moment this ripe. So I don't know that it's going to happen in 2028, but it might.”
The Young Turks · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 18K views on this topicA third party is necessary to provide real dynamism and responsiveness because the two-party system is unlikely to deliver substantial change.
“it forces folks to start looking at third parties. It's the only way to have any real dynamism or responsiveness in the system.”
The Young Turks · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 18K views on this topicThe two-party system is failing to meet needs, and people should take third-party candidates more seriously to avoid repeating this cycle.
“We'll never end up getting a another person outside of this two-party fold, this two-party recipe if we don't if we don't start looking at these other parties and taking them more seriously.”
The Minimalists · Nov 2016 · 1 episode · 8K views on this topicEstablished political parties are no longer functioning as viable or constructive forces for effective governance.
3 people · 2 episodes
The current Republican Party is not a viable political party because it does not act for the good of the American people and instead seeks to destroy the government.
“In the United States of America, we now have the Republican Party as it used to be no longer exists. And in its place, we have a political group that is not really a viable political party. That is it is not acting for the good of the American people.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Apr 2026 · 9 episodes · 939K views on this topicThe Labour and Conservative parties are both effectively finished as viable political forces.
“I think that you know when you've only got what 34% of people who would still vote Labor and Conservative, they're done. They're both cursed.”
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 83K views on this topicThe Labour Party is functionally finished as a political party.
“I think it's way more existential for the Labour party. I think they're functionally finished as a as a party.”
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 83K views on this topicThe existing political system is inherently designed to maintain a two-party status quo, rendering efforts for outside change ineffective.
2 people · 1 episode
The two-party system is entrenched in the United States, making it impossible to achieve meaningful political change simply by voting.
“I'm not saying that we don't need a third party, but voting seems to not get us anywhere. That's my biggest thing.”
The Jimmy Dore Show · Jul 2025 · 2 episodes · 184K views on this topicThird-party movements in the United States consistently fail because the system is designed to maintain the two-party status quo.
“Third parties have never worked. So, he can have fun with it, but uh I think it's ridiculous.”
The Jimmy Dore Show · Jul 2025 · 1 episode · 100K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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