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I mean you don't have to support a third party candidate in the actual election. What would be a third party candidate are now running under the two major part
by lesuorac 3y ago
I mean you don't have to support a third party candidate in the actual election.
What would be a third party candidate are now running under the two major parties. There's a reason people say things like "Social Democrat" or "Tea Party Republican" and those candidates are effectively third-party candidates; they run under the parties banner but don't share all of the same viewpoints.
The real issue is that a minority of people vote in this country so "fringe" groups can easily win a primary by just showing up [1].
A secondary issue is the first-past-the-post system.
[1]: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/07/12/voter-turnout-2018-2022/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/07/12/voter-turnou...