The Berean
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I've always wondered why third party presidential bids are never serious threats. This FiveThirtyEight article delved into the reasons.
America Isn’t Really Set Up For Third-Party Presidential Bids
What we’re seeing play out is a concept known in political science as Duverger’s Law, or the idea that in two-party political systems, voters are loath to “waste” their votes on a third-party candidate unlikely to win.2 And while this “law” doesn’t entirely hold up in other countries, it remains very true in the U.S.
America Isn’t Really Set Up For Third-Party Presidential Bids
What we’re seeing play out is a concept known in political science as Duverger’s Law, or the idea that in two-party political systems, voters are loath to “waste” their votes on a third-party candidate unlikely to win.2 And while this “law” doesn’t entirely hold up in other countries, it remains very true in the U.S.