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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. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Westdragon@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Want to build a viable third party for presidential elections? Start small at the city/county level and eventually you will have candidates at the state/federal level. Today's city council is tomorrow's senator/president. Does it really surprise anyone that a relatively unknown and unproven candidate outside of the two major parties doesn't get any traction in a federal election?

[โ€“] MisterScruffy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

That takes money, lots of it and the 2 main parties have huge corporate donors who will never give money to an environmental party

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