Doesn't address the first-past-the-post issue, nor that third parties are sometimes promoted by one of the major parties as a spoiler (questionable effectivenes

Doesn't address the first-past-the-post issue, nor that third parties are sometimes promoted by one of the major parties as a spoiler (questionable effectiveness). Things are just a lot more complex than the article wants to deal with. Do you focus long term and try to promote third parties despite their success being quite rare? Do you focus on the immediate issues that divide the main parties and therefore ignore third parties? I don't like saying a third party vote is 'wasted', but it certainly results in little direct influence of the political process.