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Oct 16, 2025
Starmer must not repeat the Democrats’ mistakes
The American left’s failure to defeat Maga Republicans offers valuable lessons to Labour as it confronts Farage
Josh Freed
Third Way:
Our Mission
Third Way is a national think tank and advocacy organization that champions moderate policy and political ideas. Our work on the center left acts as a critical bulwark against political extremism.
Our Approach
Our approach brings together rigorous policy research, deep knowledge of the people and places that decide majorities, and sophisticated public opinion and messaging data to create strategic advocacy campaigns designed to persuade elected officials and influencers on the defining issues of our time. We advocate for the vital center across seven programmatic areas: climate and energy, economy, education, foreign policy, health care, politics, and social policy.
As passionate moderates—or “radical centrists” per the New York Times—our work is not about splitting the difference but about standing for a values-driven, reform-oriented politics that can both deliver electoral power and drive meaningful policy change. We believe in building an opportunity economy that rewards hard work, making progress on social issues to uphold our fundamental freedoms, winning the global clean energy technology race, and securing our safety against evolving 21st century threats.
Since our founding in 2005, Third Way has earned a reputation for innovative thinking and high-impact campaigns that shift the national debate, help moderates win elections, and motivate ambitious policy reform. We have been lauded as “the best source of new ideas in public policy” (The Washington Post), “the future of think tanks” (Reuters), and the “North American Think Tank of the Year” (Prospect Magazine).
Our Work:
All of Third Way’s policy and advocacy work is:
Principled. We are motivated by a deep love of country grounded in the mainstream American values of equality of opportunity, security, freedom, and a commitment to democratic capitalism.
Political. We design our work to resonate with the moderate American majority and empower a center-left coalition that is broad and deep enough to both win majorities and govern.
Pragmatic. We value progress over purity tests, pursue solutions that are not only ambitious but affordable and actionable, believe in reform not revolution, insist on results that work in the real world, and take pride in our ability to deftly navigate complex policy and political terrain.
The above photopgraph featuring Nancy Pelosi defines The Third Way: Neo-Liberal !
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