> the reason it is compelling to blame tiny third parties for losing elections is because it can happen. if there a very liberal third party like the greens and

> the reason it is compelling to blame tiny third parties for losing elections is because it can happen. if there a very liberal third party like the greens and their vote percentage is higher than the liberal (democratic) candidate lost by, then they probably kept the dem from winning. That's b.s. vote shaming. If you lose it's because you failed to convince enough voters in enough places to make you win. > usually you don't see third party conservative alternatives. and the small third parties don't get any political power in the us system. Libertarians are considered by many to be closer to conservatives than liberals and even with terrible candidates like Gary Johnson they got three times as many votes as the Green party in 2016. Gary Johnson Libertarian 4,489,341 3.28% Jill Stein Green 1,457,218 1.07%