• DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    We need a third party like four months ago.

    Then tell one to do the back-breaking work over decades to start having members in Congress so they have a shot at winning a presidential election.

    There isn’t some cheat code for a 3rd party candidate to become president.

    • Brandonazz@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 month ago

      This is so often overlooked. A 3rd party could win EVERY SINGLE AVAILABLE SEAT in a presidential election year and they would still only control the executive - Congress and the judiciary would still have a supermajority of not-thems, and you couldn’t change that in one term, or even two. Not to mention every governor, state legislature, county board…