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BIZARRE: Forward party - You Need To See This

Commentary: Democrats and Republicans want the status quo, but we need to move Forward

The two dominant political parties in America don’t agree on much, but there is one thing they agree on: The system should be set up to help them maintain their power. From first-past-the-post voting and gerrymandering to limiting citizen-powered ballot initiatives, Republicans and Democrats have done their best to build…

Tribune News Service

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Plus: The editors respond to a question about the Forward Party.

Reason

Watch this extremely painful CNN interview with Andrew Yang about the Forward Party

CNN’s Jim Acosta sounded sort of like an exasperated parent throughout the whole thing.

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Awkward Andrew Yang cornered for ‘giving Trump a pass’ with Mar-a-Lago raid tweets

Founder of Forward Party asked to clarify tweets about validity of FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search

The Independent UK

Editorial: Can the Forward Party be a landing ground for disaffected moderates?

It’s a truism of American politics that public frustration with the two-party system periodically erupts into a call for another option.

Tribune News Service

Andrew Yang won't go away: Is that good?

He couldn't get elected president, or even mayor. But he still thinks he can revolutionize American politics

Salon

Another Centrist Project Offers Mushy Technocracy To Soothe a Divided Country

Andrew Yang's rebooted Forward Party glosses over Americans’ conflicting values and preferences.

Reason

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Jonathan Bernstein: US third parties aren’t always pointless

As third-party launches go, it’s rare to have one with as little intuitive appeal as that of the Forward Party, Andrew Yang’s latest attempt to draw attention to himself. Yang is joined by former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and by David Jolly, who was a Republican member of…

Tribune News Service

A new third party for US politics – 3 essential reads on what that means

In June 2022, Gallup asked participants in a U.S. survey about their party membership. “In politics,” pollsters asked, “as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or an independent?”

The Conversation

Former Republicans and Dems form third political party ahead of 2024

The Forward Party hopes to be on the ballot all 50 states by late 2024, in time for the presidential election

The Independent UK

Former US Democrat Andrew Yang launches centrist ‘Forward Party’

Former presidential candidate says party will be biggest outside of long-dominant Democrat and Republican behemoths.

Al Jazeera

Former Democrats, Republicans Join Hands To Form A Third Party Co-Chaired By Andrew Yang: 'Not Left, Not Right. Forward'

A new political party co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and the former Republican governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman is on the cusp of emerging as a third alternative.

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