> One of the reasons they do so badly is that American third parties have almost nothing to do with respect to local governance. This just isn't true, third pa

> One of the reasons they do so badly is that American third parties have almost nothing to do with respect to local governance. This just isn't true, third parties like Democratic Socialists of America (Bernie Sanders' party)[0] are heavily involved in state and local politics in various parts of the country through grassroots efforts and have been for years. For example, they now represent 10% of the Chicago City Council (5 seats). Groups like DSA are also heavily involved in projects like unionizing Amazon. They do a lot for their local communities beyond supporting policy. People think that third parties are just in for Federal races primarily because we're exposed to so much more Federal politics in the press than we are state and local. 0: https://www.dsausa.org/ https://www.dsausa.org/