• randon31415@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Some of these third party people could get elected to the senate if they tried, but have to try for the top job with no experience because their ego can’t take that they don’t know everything.

    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I could get elected to senate probably, if I was willing to spend fifteen years doing local and state office first. Ain’t nobody got that kind of time I got hospital bills

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Tbf, they have before. Ron Paul for instance was a Libertarian who ran as a Republican and won, and they do run for local offices a lot (at least the Libertarians, never seen a local Green on the ballot), they just also put forth a presidential candidate because if they can get like 5% or 15% of the vote (I can’t remember which) they get federal funding and have to get included in the next debates instead of the debates only being R vs D.

      Idk about the other third parties, but the Libertarians are doing exactly that.