Sounds like it makes sense on paper ----- until you factor in the fact that the Duopoly LONG ago set up a barrier to any competition. It even controls the debates, literally.
The last time any third party made a significant showing at all was over a hundred years ago and all Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party did was siphon off enough Republican votes to send Woodrow Wilson to the White House with like 42% of the vote.
So in practical terms, there is no such thing as a 'third party'. The Duopoly will not allow it.
Sluggo, you never did have any brains.
{Perot earned 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election, running against incumbent George H.W. Bush and then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton. It was by far the most successful performance by a third-party candidate in modern American history. Perot was blamed for Bush losing his bid for reelection,}
What was Ross Perot's impact on politics?
AGAIN, Pothead, Perot pulled ZERO electoral votes from Bush, or from Clinton. Even if you take Perot's entire ballot total and split it between Bush and Clinton, the latter still comes out with SIX MILLION MORE VOTES.
Math much?
You're a dumb one sluggo. Perot moved dozens of EC votes from Bush to Clinton, handing Clinton the win. Splitting the vote in states where Bush had a slight lead ensured Clinton took the EC. If you Stalinists had your beloved "popular vote" Bill would have lost.
As I said days ago Pothead -------
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Clinton won a plurality of the pop vote, not a majority but way more than Bush or Perot. By the way I think it might be inaccurate to characterize a popular vote system as "Stalinist". Check me on that when you get out of rehab.
Less than Bush plus Perot.
Perot split the vote.
THE 1992 ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTMENT -- NEWS ANALYSIS An Eccentric but No Joke; Perot's Strong Showing Raises Questions On What Might Have Been, and Might Be
AND, as I already noted when this came up before, if you split Perot's votes between Bush and Clinton, Clinton STILL comes out with not only more votes than Bush but six million more.
Bush was toast by the time he looked at his watch. And he knew it, and he wanted out.