“Don’t let the Tea Party fool you. A lot of voters are skeptical of the two major political parties, but most aren’t ready for a third party yet,” the Rasmussen Reports article begins. Like most Americans, they view the Republican usurped “Tea Party” instead of the grassroots efforts by the Libertarians who started it. The Rasmussen Reports poll shows, though, that many are turning to a Libertarian frame of mind which has to be disconcerting to Democrats and Republican parties.
A plurality (43%) of Likely U.S. Voters believes that neither Democrats nor Republicans in Congress are the party of the American people, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Nearly as many see a need for a new third party.
38% think Republicans and Democrats are so much alike that an entirely new party is needed to represent the American people. Fifty percent (50%) say a new third party is not needed. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided. This marks little change from the first time Rasmussen Reports asked this question in early February.
Those who are upset over this “two-party system” are in good company. George Washington warned against it in his farewell speech as he left office after two terms as President.
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