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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

In a first-past-the-post system, a third party candidate only ends up taking votes from the mainstream candidate closest to their position. Even if you could somehow get a third-party candidate to be the most popular candidate, you'd have to convince the democratic candidate to drop out or they'd be splitting the left-of-center vote. And, the democrats have a vested interest in keeping third-party candidates out, so they almost certainly wouldn't do that.