• Quadhammer@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    What would a 3rd party look like? Only person that comes to mind is jill stein whos a russian mouthpiece

    • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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      12 hours ago

      One that doesn’t take corporate donations would be start.

      Another method is 3rd parties forming locally as grassroots organizations and then forming a coalition party to back 3rd party candidates on the national level.

      Sort of how you have a few caucuses in the Democratic Party like the Farm-Labor Part in Minnesota, or Independents who caucus with the Democrats like Bernie who could be peeled off to back a 3rd party of even just flatly Independent candidates.

    • Basic Glitch@lemm.ee
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      12 hours ago

      Example of a 3rd party: The Democratic party refuses to back and fund AOC as a candidate. American citizens crowd source her campaign so she runs as an independent