[Mr.Vicchio]

In America there are the two main parties, the Democrats and the Republicans. This system holds onto it's own power through money, sheer size of the parties involved and by virtue of being in power, can rig the game in their favor, but that has little to do with why a 3rd party candidate will never win the White House.


It comes down to power, no not the power of the two parties, but the power of the 3rd party Candidate. You see, let's say Mack from the New Party runs for office, he has a good platform, it has appeal, and he's a good guy that people like.

He will still lose.

This isn't because of vote rigging, or because of nefarious constructs of power in the halls of Washington, but rather simple voter intelligence. Electing Mack might appeal to voters in terms of "sending a message" but when they get into the voting booth, reality sets in.

Mack would have no power. Both parties would fight to undermine Mack, for several reasons, the least of which is their own power as a party. Siding with Mack would undermine their own base, their own power and leave both parties vulnerable. Little would be accomplished and people know this.

The real route to national power is to start at the "grass roots" level, and build a strong national party that starts getting people into high offices and build a power base from which to actually enact change that can be carried out in Washington, and that the voting public can support.


Until a 3rd party reaches that point, it's just not gonna happen. Both the GOP and DNC are imperfect, but they have a coalition of power and that's one reason for example I support the GOP.