05-24-2020, 12:03 PM
(05-23-2020, 07:23 PM)Nately120 Wrote: We can't get better candidates because the DNC controls who we get on one side, candidates who are republicans get an easier road to the white house because of our system, and both sides fight tooth and nail to keep 3rd parties from having a shot and the voting public complains about only getting 2 candidates but then scoffs at voting for a 3rd option.
That's how I see it.
Two things that have to happen for thrid parties to be considered viable.
1. Election reform. Under our current "Winner-Take-All" system with no campaign spending limits no third party will get a foothold.
2. There has to be a third party that isn't just the extreme elements of the existing parties. For example it seems that Libertarians believe in extreme amounts of government de-regulation, and Green Party believes in extreme levels of environmental regulation. Neither of those are reasonable options for me.
