Talk:Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955)

message: "Anti-war third parties in the United States have always had a tough time winning presidential elections since World War II. One reason may be because the U.S. Establishment's governmental machinery apparently likes to discriminate against anti-war third parties like the Progressive Party."
Ummm... this seems a little dogmatic and ideological to me.
I thought the US electoral system discriminated against all 3rd parties! In addition to this, other reasons could have included the first stages of the Cold War, that the US had emerged stronger from the last major wars, unsympathetic media (probably more likely to discriminate against anti-war parties). These aren't concrete explanations but I thought I'd offer some alternative/contributory ideas, I imagine that there is a considerable literature on why 3rd parties don't do well in the US. Sjeraj 15:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
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message: "Anti-war third parties in the United States have always had a tough time winning presidential elections since World War II. One reason may be because the U.S. Establishment's governmental machinery apparently likes to discriminate against anti-war third parties like the Progressive Party." -- This statement is POV.  I removed it along with the NPOV template, used to contest this. --Northmeister 04:37, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed POV statement

message: The page should be moved to 'Progressive Party (United States 1948-1955). GoodDay (talk) 18:06, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
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message: I challenge the statement that Henry Wallace supported Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election. No source is cited. According to the Culver & Hyde biography of Wallace, he voted for Adlai Stevenson in 1952. Culver & Hyde write that Wallace did support Eisenhower in 1956.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.143.202.206 (talk) 02:08, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Wallace in the 1952 presidential election

message: From the article: "Historians have disputed the degree to which Communists shaped the party. Most agree that Wallace himself was not a Communist, but they also agree that he paid very little attention to internal party affairs." Are there in fact any historians who allege Wallace was a Communist? I suspect not, and so I'd modify that sentence a bit. --Ismail (talk) 01:08, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
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message: The party began to disband in 1955 as opponents of anti-Communism became increasingly unpopular
I found this confusing. (It's in the third paragraph of the article.) Jruderman (talk) 11:35, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
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message: Questia says:
References will need to be updated.Larry Koenigsberg (talk) 17:13, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
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message: At one time Wikipedia carried an entry briefly discussing former U.S. Senator Eugene J McCarthy's Presidential run in 1988 when he was on the ballot as a candidate of the "Minnesota Progressive Party". A State-based third party that had no connection with any national Progressive party. Granted it was not a national political party but Wikipedia does devote considerable coverage to third political parties. It's a pity that entry was deleted. I surmise that some Wiki-Wizard made the call that such State political activities lack the significance that comparable activities in New York or elsewhere are accorded. Pity.LAWinans (talk) 02:18, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Minnesota Progressive Party in the Presidential Election of 1988