A few days ago, I wrote about Ron Paul’s amazing $4 million single day fund raising feat. At the least, it shows that there’s a lot of angry antiwar libertarians inside the GOP. But what does this incident say about third parties more generally? I’d argue that the lesson is that 3rd party politics is useless. If you want to make an impact, work inside the two major parties, unless you want to blow the election for the candidate who is closest to you.
In the American system, it’s always been hard to be a third party since the country is run on a district based winner takes all system. Up until the early 20th century, third parties could occasionally get traction by exploiting election rules, and some third parties got some victories in the midwest, such as the Socialists. Over time, the state governments have made it…
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