How come our gov. system wont allow for a 3rd party ( exclude dem, rep)??????

Question

Personally i would favor a libertarian candiate. How can this become a reality?

Answer 1

It does allow a 3rd party system. BUT, most 3rd parties seem to extreme to get a lot of mainstream support.

Third parties actually need to get more support to get into the debates, or recieving matching revenue. Presently they need to poll at 15% to get into the debates. It is possible.

If a strong 3rd party came along, it is possible. Reform Party candidate Ross Perot polled high enough to get into the debates. And he blew his chances by quitting!

Some 3rd parties have good ideas. They need to be more moderate to get support from mainstream America.

Answer 2

We have a very strict two party system because the spectrum of political thought here is very narrow. On the full left to right scale, the vast majority of people and politicians in both parties fall very close to the middle. In many European countries, for example, where more than two parties routinely win seats in the legislature and are are represented with the ruling government, there are more significant minorities are people voting for what we'd deem more "radical" parties (communist, fascist, social democrat), and thus they get a voice in the national scene.

Americans are very risk-averse--we might not like the parties we have, but are too afraid to truly something we're not sure about.

Answer 3

The U.S. has a two-party system because of many reasons. Tradition dictates a two-party system. We've had only two major parties since before the Constitution was ratified. Two-party systems also represent more people. If we had a multiparty system, a majority would be difficult for any party to gain, and so most people would be unhappy with the government. Italy has a multiparty system, and they've had an incredibly unstable government with many rebellions. Minority parties' sole purpose is to have their issues heard and adopted by major parties.

Most people also realize that voting for a third party candidate is a waste of their vote.

Answer 4

It does allow for a third party but we never seem to have enough votes to make it happen. What happens instead is votes are just taken away from the Dems or Rep's. Remember Ross Perot?

Answer 5

Not enough people vote for a 3rd party.
I was a Libertarian for years.
I finally realized that we were losers. All we were doing was taking votes from Republicans and helping the Commie Democrats to win.

As Rush said: "LIBERTARIANS SHOULD DISBAND AND TAKE OVER THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND OWN IT"
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!! We could do it. But we won't.
Rush has done more for Libertarian Beliefs than the Libertarians have ever done.

Answer 6

It does allow for third parties.The problem with third parties is that they focus on Presidential races where you need a minimum number of supporters to run.third parties need first to focus on local elections and build from the bottom up not from the top down if they don't they will never have any base from which to run.