06-29-2020, 11:22 AM
(06-29-2020, 10:16 AM)GMDino Wrote: I was just coming back to edit my post to say "in my lifetime"...lol.
Yeah, in the past third or new parties were able to can popularity.
Perot actually impacted the election and added unpredictability to the 2 party system. He was allowed to debate and participate and, go figure, people voted for him.
Now 3rd parties aren't allowed to participate or even get on ballots in some cases and the major parties say "See? No one cares." It's why successful 3rd party politicians spend their careers outside of presidential bids as members of parties that are allowed to be elected.
The idea that Trump and Johnson were both running and Trump was the Republican and Johnson was considered the wild card fringe nut just shows how perverted our party-driven system has become.
