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Democratic Party escalates efforts to block third parties from US presidential ballot (www.wsws.org)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I think most third party voters are single-issue and understand that their vote is more of a protest than anything else. Even in a FPTP, non-ranked voting system, third parties are good for bringing niche concerns to the national discussion and their policies are sometimes co-opted by one of the larger two.