The data for this survey was gathered between September 1 and September 23, 2023. I would lay money that the pro-third party percentage would be even higher today, after removal of Kevin McCarthy as US House Speaker yesterday.
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Here is a column by William Galston that is in favor of the adoption of fusion voting by more states.
On October 3, the House voted to replace Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy lost his position because eight Republicans voted against him. The eight include seven who are from states that allow independents to vote in primaries.
Proponents of top-two, top-four, and top-five, are constantly repeating the mantra that primaries need “reform”, because closed primaries nominate “extremists”. But seven of the eight Republicans who voted against McCarthy are from states that allow independents to vote in primaries.
The seven who voted against McCarthy and who are from states in which independents can vote in primaries are: Andy Biggs (Arizona); Ken Buck (Colorado); Tim Burchett (Tennessee); Eli Crane (Arizona); Bob Good (Virginia); Nancy Mace (South Carolina); and Matt Ronsendale (Montana).
The one who voted against McCarthy, and who is from a state with closed primaries, is Matt Gaetz (Florida).
On May 4, 2023, Dean Corren died at the age of 67. He was one of the founders of the Vermont Progressive Party, and one of its first elected state legislators. He was also a noted inventor. See this story.
On October 2, President Joe Biden, speaking to a reporter for ProPublica, commented on the possibility that No Labels will run a presidential candidate in 2024. He said, referring to No Labels leader Joe Lieberman, “Well, he has a democratic right to do it. There’s no reason not to do that. Now it’s going to help the other guy. And he knows that…That’s a political decision he’s making that I obviously think is a mistake. But he has a right to do that.”