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What would the Democratic Party be today had Henry Wallace succeeded with his Progressive Party and they became the official third-party in America? And not just a third-party, but in actual competition with the Democratic and Republican parties. Unlike the Libertarian Party today, which is probably the largest third-party, but not much of a threat to either major party. And maybe had Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Wallace succeeded, the Democratic Socialists (which is what the Henry Wallace Progressives were) in America would have their own home. And not basically represent the Far-Left of the Democratic Party, but the actual mainstream of a major party.
Similar to the New Democratic Party in Canada, or as I call them the Social Democratic Party of Canada. Or even the so-called Progressive Democratic Party of Canada, with the Liberal Party there representing the Liberal Democratic Party in Canada. I’m a Liberal Democrat myself and I don’t use these terms to be insulting, but descriptive.
What would the Democratic Party be today had Henry Wallace succeeded with his Progressive Party and they became the official third-party in America? And not just a third-party, but in actual competition with the Democratic and Republican parties. Unlike the Libertarian Party today, which is probably the largest third-party, but not much of a threat to either major party. And maybe had Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Wallace succeeded, the Democratic Socialists (which is what the Henry Wallace Progressives were) in America would have their own home. And not basically represent the Far-Left of the Democratic Party, but the actual mainstream of a major party.
Similar to the New Democratic Party in Canada, or as I call them the Social Democratic Party of Canada. Or even the so-called Progressive Democratic Party of Canada, with the Liberal Party there representing the Liberal Democratic Party in Canada. I’m a Liberal Democrat myself and I don’t use these terms to be insulting, but descriptive.
The New Democratic Party in Canada which is a Democratic Socialist Party by their standards as well as ours, is considered mainstream in Canada. Even though for the most part they’ve been the third-party. But they’ve always had considerable representation in the Federal Parliament, or at least recently they’ve had for the last twenty years or so.
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