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For even more context ... since 1920, only four third-party candidates have won at least one electoral vote in U.S. presidential elections. And the most recent of those was more than half a century ago, in 1968, when racist demagogue George Wallace — representing the American Independent Party and campaigning on a platform of segregation — won 46 electoral votes by carrying five states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Hell, at this point, I'd take as a starting goal: Let's see if one or more non-racist third-party presidential candidates, individually or even collectively, can win at least 1/3 the popular vote in any state. Perot, in 1992 in Maine, came closer than anyone since Wallace, but Perot and other third-party candidates combined still only won about 30.85% of the vote that year in Maine.
I don't know how we overcome the belief (stigma?) that voting for a third-party presidential candidate is throwing away your vote — or even tantamount to not voting at all. 1 reply
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