• nekandro@lemmy.mlOP
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    11 months ago

    18% of the vote! And yet, received zero electoral votes.

    Hmm. How is that a “valid third-party”? Dude got no votes.

    • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      You asked for an example of a third party and I gave you a relatively recent one. Moving the goal posts after my response is just petty.

      I also gave you the effects of third parties on American politics. It causes the two main parties to shift their stances or go extinct.

      The occupy movements of the early teens didn’t last, nor did it metamorphose into a third party. But it’s effect on politics was felt and galvanized Democrats to oppose austerity.

      The lack of a third party doesn’t mean that other views aren’t adopted or incorporated into the two main parties. The lack of a third party is a symptom of our winner take all electoral system.

      TLDR: The U.S. does not have a parliamentary system. Don’t expect its political parties to function the same as one.

      American society drives the makeup of our parties not the other way around.

      The CCP drives the makeup of Chinese society. The Average Chinese person has no voice and no way to influence change besides subtle protest of policy or outright revolution.