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Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog,

The 2024 election cycle is likely to be the most chaotic election cycle that we have ever seen. 

So will this create an opportunity for a new third party to try to pull off a historic upset? 

Unless something really dramatic happens, Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee and Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee in 2024.  But I don’t think that they will be the only two choices. 

There are rumors that one or two prominent third party candidates could soon enter the race, and it appears that large numbers of Americans may be willing to embrace such a candidate.  In fact, a Gallup survey that was just released discovered that a whopping 63 percent of U.S. adults believe that “a third major party is needed”…

This certainly does not mean that 63 percent of U.S. adults would actually vote for a third party candidate.

But what this does mean is that conditions have never been more favorable for such a candidate to emerge.

If you go back 20 years ago, only 40 percent of U.S. adults felt that a third party was needed…

Times have clearly changed.

And it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that independents are more interested in a “third major party” than anyone else…

But who could run as a third party candidate and actually win?

In recent days, there have been rumors that RFK Jr. is considering launching an independent bid as a third party candidate.

And if he did go that direction, polls show that he would have quite a bit of support…

In a three-way race, RFK Jr. would probably take more votes away from Trump than he would from Biden.

There are also rumors that No Labels is preparing to “mount a third party bid for the White House”…

I think that No Labels does intend to make such a move, and it is likely that Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia will be their candidate.

If that is the case, Manchin would definitely take more votes away from Biden than he would from Trump.

We shall see what happens.

In my opinion, I think that this will be the first election cycle in ages when there is at least one viable third party alternative.

And that will almost certainly greatly impact the outcome of the election.

Of course we don’t have to wait until next year for high stakes political drama.

Kevin McCarthy just lost his spot as Speaker of the House in a stunning turn of events, and some Republicans are suggesting that Donald Trump should replace him.

When asked about this, Trump didn’t completely dismiss the idea…

But it is not likely to happen.

Instead, either Steve Scalise or Jim Jordan will almost certainly get the job.

For the moment, Patrick McHenry temporarily has the gavel, and one of his first acts was to order Nancy Pelosi “to vacate her Capitol hideaway office”…

Needless to say, Nancy Pelosi did not like this at all.

I expect animosity between the two major parties to continue to rise throughout the next year.

And adding a prominent third party candidate or two to the mix will certainly make things more interesting.

Our nation is more divided today than ever before, and the coming election will only deepen those divisions.

If you are concerned about where all of this is ultimately heading, you are definitely not alone.

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