Episode Summary:In this episode, we ask a question that might sound radical… until you sit with it for a minute: Do we actually need political parties?Along the way, we talk about how those party dynamics impact our elections, our discourse, and the people who feel left behind by a system that only offers two choices.So: What would politics look like if we stripped away the party labels and focused on what we actually believe? And is it possible to reclaim the idea of representation — not for a team, but for a country?References & Resources:Federalist Paper No. 10 – James Madison on factionsBrookings Institution – What Political Parties Do Pew Research Center – The shifting coalitions within each party Ballot Access News – Ongoing coverage of third-party and independent ballot access strugglesOpenSecrets – Data on campaign finance and party fundraisingFairVote – Resources on Ranked Choice Voting and alternatives to two-party dominance Ezra Klein, Why We’re Polarized – Insight into how our modern party system feeds divisionCall to Action:Think about the last time you voted. Did you vote for someone because you believed in them — or because they were “your party’s” candidate?What if more of us stopped voting like team captains and started voting like citizens?And if you’ve ever thought, “I could never run for office — I’m not a Democrat or a Republican…’What if that wasn’t a disqualifier — but a superpower?Contact:Do you have a story to tell, or a comment to make? Email me at [email protected] this link to send us a text, or email us at the address in show notes.Email [email protected] Credits Graphics and editing by Rory Lawson Music by Universfield from Pixabay

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