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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: RMF who wrote (42236)3/18/2010 11:51:56 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
A third party could give an ALTERNATIVE and the SANE people in the country could just get together 34% of the voters and they'd be in.

There isn't any particular reason for a third party to be saner than the existing two (and that's ignoring the point that what is sane in this context is subjective).

Also getting 34% for a new party is very hard, and even if they do it doesn't imply that they are in unless the other two parties have equal shares of what's left. (I'm ignoring the complexities of the electoral college, and different districts for congress, but the point would be essentially the same if I greatly expanded it to deal with these points)

The biggest problem with a third party is that it can hurt the causes its fighting for. If the third party is closer to either existing party, than it will draw more voters from that party, and if its successful enough, likely hand the election to the other.
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