Women state lawmakers from Kansas explain why they quit the GOP and became Democrats

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@thechuck_2112

There is a sizable portion of the country (I’m not about to estimate numbers, I’m not a political scientist) they are neither “honestly progressive” nor “hard right.” They are, for lack of a better word, “moderates.” So long as we have a first-past-the-post system that, when combined with incumbent-protection ballot access rules, makes third parties all but impossible, those moderates have to vote for someone who’s either a Republican or a Democrat.

Opinion polling suggests that those people form a very small part of the country. Majority opinion is somewhat to the left of both parties.