• Jorge@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 days ago

    Are you trolling? Technically there exist other parties, but USian election rules (especially FPTP) are mathematically proven to cause such a huge spoiler effect that, even when a big fraction of voters hate both viable parties, electing a single third-party congressman is very unlikely, and electing a third-party president is nearly impossible.

    It is like saying that the Earth is not round, because, strictly speaking, it is slightly bulged.

    • direwolf@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOP
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      2 days ago

      Third party candidates can affect an election by drawing off voters. Third party candidates can also present new ideas.