I’m TOTALLY in favor of right-leaning third parties. And I suspect that Manchin would pull more votes out of the GQP bucket than he would pull from the Democrats. Certainly a lot of my politically oriented friends will still remember his behavior in 2021 and 2022 (liberals do tend to remember the past, it’s part of WHY they’re liberal).
I’m TOTALLY in favor of right-leaning third parties. And I suspect that Manchin would pull more votes out of the GQP bucket than he would pull from the Democrats. Certainly a lot of my politically oriented friends will still remember his behavior in 2021 and 2022 (liberals do tend to remember the past, it’s part of WHY they’re liberal).