Yes, that would be great, but it requires changing the voting system. Unfortunately, the people with the power to do it have a strong incentive to block it.
Zero American Presidents have been third-party. The only election where a candidate outside the two major parties of the era got a large-ish share of votes was in 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt ran in the Bull Moose party and split the Republican vote. (edit: maybe 1860 too)
Who else can someone vote in a way that doesn’t help a Republican (likely Trump) become the next POTUS?
I don’t personally believe either decision is going to save America from misinformation, extremism and possibly collapse in the long run.
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No, it is not. (It is horse shit in the sense of being a terrible situation, but it is not a delusion.)
Here’s a simple explanation of why it’s a wasted vote, especially if the race is close:
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Yes, that would be great, but it requires changing the voting system. Unfortunately, the people with the power to do it have a strong incentive to block it.
It requires changing the voting system in every state individually.
Zero American Presidents have been third-party. The only election where a candidate outside the two major parties of the era got a large-ish share of votes was in 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt ran in the Bull Moose party and split the Republican vote. (edit: maybe 1860 too)
Here’s a graphic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PartyVotes-Presidents.png
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