Going third-party in FPTP elections with such polarized parties as today only splits the vote. Without major election reform it’s just a plain old bad idea.
The point is not to win national elections outright, but to solidify a base and create a nation-spanning organization capable of challenging the two parties first in local, state and then finally national elections
That requires electoral sacrifices in the meantime, sacrifices that at this point in time should be easy to make considering dems aren’t winning elections anyway
Going third-party in FPTP elections with such polarized parties as today only splits the vote. Without major election reform it’s just a plain old bad idea.
The point is not to win national elections outright, but to solidify a base and create a nation-spanning organization capable of challenging the two parties first in local, state and then finally national elections
That requires electoral sacrifices in the meantime, sacrifices that at this point in time should be easy to make considering dems aren’t winning elections anyway