Third Party opinion piece from 2012

May 20, 2017 01:24

Third party candidates are usually regarded as "spoilers" that ruin the elections of the two-party system. That in itself is part of the problem; the two parties want to scare people that could potentially be lured into voting for someone else by saying "you'll be electing the OTHER guy." Personally, I feel that the third parties would do best by ( Read more... )

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thedr9wningman May 27 2017, 08:41:38 UTC

Third-party candidates are spoilers , but not because of the reasons that you think. It's Because of the electoral system that we have. There spoilers because of first past the post voting. It's the way the system is engineered that make third-party candidates not viable. They are completely viable given other electoral systems, which is why in other countries there are multiple parties.
Check out the link below , this YouTube video will explain my position more concisely.

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excitingads October 15 2023, 13:48:11 UTC

Root cause and sultimate solution are not parties. Root cause isthe government itself and the ultimate solution is to end government as an institution.

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