07-20-2018, 04:10 PM
(07-20-2018, 03:26 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Ironically enough. The best chance for a legitimate 3rd Party would have been for the RNC to withdraw support of Trump. But they were not going to cut their own throats.
(07-20-2018, 03:32 PM)hollodero Wrote: I don't think so. It would have handed Hillary the win and the right would rightfully have reached the conclusion to not try that again.
Would have worked if there was one huge nation-wide ballot box (or at least no "winner takes all" system) and a run-off election.
Yeah, that's pretty much it. You would've seen Clinton win. Our electoral system prevents any real chance for a third-party, especially for POTUS, but it also makes the odds strongly against it in most levels and branches of our government.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
