• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s technically NOT a two party system. However the two major parties so dominate, that it’s rare for a third party candidate to get elected to any major office.

    I think the biggest difference is we’re not a parliamentary system that encourages coalitions. Whoever wins, wins.

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      11 months ago

      The bigger issue with third parties is that none of them actually bother to run anyone at a local or state level. If they started to grow their power and voting base normally, bottom-up, they’d have a lot more success than just sticking up a Presidential also-ran every 4 years and maybe a congressperson here or there.

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        10 months ago

        a left party should 100% be running aginst democrats in any race where they can get more votes than the republican cannidate. think big city local elections and safe blue state rep/federal house seats