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Progressive Independent Party Analysis

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With Hillary Clinton’s recent self-proclamation of “securing” the Democratic nomination, along with the heated 2016 presidential election, has come an Independent, Progressive political movement, with citizens calling for action against a system widely believed to have failed them.

“It’s time to finally have a vibrant, exciting, VIABLE third party in this country, a place where many of us who feel disenfranchised; Progressives, Greens, Democratic Socialists, Independents, and frustrated Democrats and Republicans alike, can feel empowered in the promise of democracy in our country,” says Araquel Bloss, founder of the Progressive Independent Party.

The Party began simply as an online petition written by Ms. Bloss, which quickly went viral after co-founder Steve Poikonen wrote an article and published it on The Morning Nightcap. Mr. Poikonen states, “Her vision was simple, eloquent, and absolutely right the hell on time: Let’s build a coalition of Democrats and Progressives who feel their party has left them in the wilderness. Let’s bring in the Green Party folks who have worked so hard for so long only to find themselves locked out of the national conversation. Let’s bring in Independents who …show more content…

Bernie Sanders said our ‘struggle continues,’ and it indeed does. We must continue to stand strong in our convictions, help our friends and neighbors stay strong, because the quickest way for this battle to be lost is if we believe it when they tell us it’s over. It’s not over,” continues Ms. Bloss. “We will continue to ask Progressives of all parties and left-leaning Independents to unite with the Progressive Independent Party to build the largest Progressive voting bloc in history. Not only is this not over, the political revolution started by Bernie Sanders is only just begun. Join

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