In the US 3rd parties in local positions can be a good thing because they need to appeal to feweer people directly.
Nationally they just take away from whichever party they are closest to because of first past the post. It sucks, but that is the outcome.
If we approach it from a game theory perspective we all lose. Third party ftw
Sounds like you need to work harder to kill FPTP in your state which brings us one step closer to killing it federally. My state has one more vote to kill FPTP next November
Announcement of his decision to run with the People's party initially was certainly a choice.
Third parties are not a bad thing
In the US 3rd parties in local positions can be a good thing because they need to appeal to feweer people directly.
Nationally they just take away from whichever party they are closest to because of first past the post. It sucks, but that is the outcome.
If we approach it from a game theory perspective we all lose. Third party ftw
Sounds like you need to work harder to kill FPTP in your state which brings us one step closer to killing it federally. My state has one more vote to kill FPTP next November