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Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.

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Sibbo@sopuli.xyz
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You mean in the USA? I guess the more viable path is to campaign to fix their democracy from within the democratic party. And then make new parties.

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srecko@lemm.ee
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Spliting from within the party is the usual way.

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MisterScruffy@lemmy.ml
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Whoever splits to the left will just be considered the new “spoiler 3rd party” by the mainstream liberals

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merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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Yes that has worked really well so far

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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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To be far the US has seen many different parties come and go.

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