It's throwing away your vote until it isn't. As recent as 1992 a third candidate got above 18%, and led in the polls just a few months before the election.
Either way, voting for reformist candidates (for either way you support) in senate, house and local elections goes a long way.
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Not in a two party system. Voting for anyone that deviates from the status quo is throwing away your vote.
It's throwing away your vote until it isn't. As recent as 1992 a third candidate got above 18%, and led in the polls just a few months before the election.
Either way, voting for reformist candidates (for either way you support) in senate, house and local elections goes a long way.
The US's last third party president was George Washington.