Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.

https://lemmy.world/post/19775471

Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be. - Lemmy.World

except that you could end up with a 3rd entrance by doing that ... eventually
No you won’t.
But if you put door in while building the house (local and primary elections) you’ll have installed it at the right time.

Especially if you ram that not-door long, hard, deep, and strong enough, really get up in there and penetrate that wall. If you run out of steam you could even switch to an electric appliance, but in that case be gentle (though not too gentle…).

Um… I’m not sure where this is going, and at this point I’m afraid to continue? 😔

I think you’d have brain damage way before you get to that point

Depends on how cheap the drywall is.

You may avoid brain damage, but your get cancer form the dust on the way through.

You’ll get a boatload of spoiler effect elections until people start voting tactically again. Third parties need to start locally and not participate in the presidential elections for a long time.

There is a path to voter reform by creating hung parliament and require voter reform in a coalition agreement. Once dominant running for governor or a senator becomes possible.