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Originally Posted by Tahuyaman Those barriers would be eliminated or rendered irrelevant if these alternative parties attracted serious minded candidates. I think they are two separate unrelated issues.
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Originally Posted by Peter1469 I think they are two separate unrelated issues. I believe they are absolutely connected. If the third and fourth parties consistently ran serious candidates, they would poll better than 3 or 4 percent. People put too much blame for the failures of others on the two major parties.
The country is run mostly by sociopaths and psychopaths that are proxies to even bigger psychopaths who buy them off.
Originally Posted by Tahuyaman If the third and fourth parties consistently ran serious candidates, they would poll better than 3 or 4 percent. What about the state laws that make it very hard for 3rd parties to get onto the ballot?
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Originally Posted by Peter1469 What about the state laws that make it very hard for 3rd parties to get onto the ballot? That would change quickly if they put up serious candidates.
Originally Posted by Tahuyaman That would change quickly if they put up serious candidates. It will take much more than that.
Originally Posted by Peter1469 It will take much more than that. I disagree. Put up serious candidates which attract support and things will change quickly.
Originally Posted by Peter1469 What about the state laws that make it very hard for 3rd parties to get onto the ballot? Or the financial stranglehold the "unholy two" have on political funding?
Peter1469 (10-13-2018)
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