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Originally Posted by lustylad
Nonsense. The number of voters who identify as independent now exceeds either D's or R's. 3rd party candidates have been very competitive in the past, most recently Ross Perot in 1992. Our current political landscape - and the widespread voter dissatisfaction with it - screams out for a 3rd party option. 70% of voters say they don't want a trump-Biden rematch. You whine about your choices being limited, but then when an alternative is about to be offered, you dismiss it ahead of time. The No-Labels ticket hasn't even been announced yet, and you're arguing it can't win. Maybe its chances would improve if the fucking Democrats weren't fighting so hard to keep it off the ballot in every state.
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Woah boy, we are going a bit off topic. I hope nobody has their knickers in a twist, because I think this is a mature discussion so far.
Regardless of how large a third or no party candidate is, unless the overwhelming majority of voters vote for something other than whoever is the Democrat or Republican candidate, it just isn't going to work.
Even if the vast majority of people want to do this, they have no way of knowing who else is actually going to commit to voting for a third party, and thus, would want to play it safe and vote yet again for the lesser of two evils.
Not until something like ranked choice is pushed, a third party doesn't have a chance of winning potus.
Both Dems and Republicans won't ever push for this change, because doing so would directly limit how much control of the house, senate, and white house they end up with.
