Stephens: America could use a liberal party Bret Stephens, New York Times March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Third parties are often formed around compelling personalities — think Ross Perot in the 1990s — but there is a place for a third party that believes in American liberalism, representing what we used to be and what we desperately need to become again.REED SAXON /Associated Press Last month, Gallup released the results of a survey showing public support for a third party was at an all-time high: 62 percent, up from 40 percent when Gallup first started polling the issue in 2003. Only 33 percent of Americans feel the current parties “do an adequate job of representing the American people.”