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Originally Posted by MikeinAR
Absolutely. If Party C would set up a plan and decide for the first 12 or 16 years, they we're going to run for local state leg races, mayors, Governors, and then begin to build up to Congressional races and not seek the Presidency until they had a good degree of credability with voters, it could work.
Showing up every 4 years and asking for the keys to the country as a relatively unknown party won't work.
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I agree that you absolutely have to establish yourself. However, I do feel like the climate now is more condusive to a third party major candidate than ever before.
We have seen third candidates in recent years be prominent enough that they are getting more support than traditionally.
People are increasingly turned off by the political games and the system...to the extent that the two most popular and galvanizing individuals in this election are embraced primarily because they are outsiders.
Modern media and the ability to mass communicate and galvanize people is unprecedented.
We have seen individuals like T. Boone Pickett become household names with a message.
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