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minus-squareosarusan@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoIt’s almost like… there’s a reason these 3rd party candidates aren’t making it onto the big party tickets.
minus-squareosarusan@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 months agoWell, no. The Electoral College has its own list of problems, but keeping 3rd parties out of power is not one of them. There’s two main reasons we don’t have any serious third party candidates: We have a first-past-the-post system, which mathematically results in a two-party system, and no serious politician runs as a third party candidate, because any serious politician understands how our election system works.
It’s almost like… there’s a reason these 3rd party candidates aren’t making it onto the big party tickets.
It’s called the electoral college.
Well, no. The Electoral College has its own list of problems, but keeping 3rd parties out of power is not one of them.
There’s two main reasons we don’t have any serious third party candidates:
We have a first-past-the-post system, which mathematically results in a two-party system, and
no serious politician runs as a third party candidate, because any serious politician understands how our election system works.