>The problem is that there are too many THIRD parties, however I think the time is ripe for big changes in our government and that Bloomberg could run a real eye opening campaign. The third party candidates have been useful in bringing up issues the Republicats try to avoid, but the ones that stay in to the end with no real chance of winning end up taking votes away from the major candidate closest to their platform.

You have "third patries" in name only, Bob.
The big two have a full lock on anything that could help to promote things political.

How many of your "too many THIRD parties" have you seen take party in presidential or VP "debates"?

Let ALL of your parties have all the same rights and restrictions to everything and you might see some difference.

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>>>Between the Electoral College, Vote aggregation (block voting by state), Huge campaign funding requirements, large corporate contributions, and voter fraud, and incompetent management of the elections our democracy has become a joke.
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>>I'm not laughing.
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>>Suppose, for a moment, that what both parties say about each other was true. Then they should both be swept away by rightful indignation of the people at the next election, and replaced by... what? And how?
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>>What does the system provide for free forming and growth of other parties (apart from security detail for any party which may be in danger of being labeled as pink)? What are the chances of a third party ever becoming viable here? Fourth, fifth?