AHC: Make U.S Third Parties More Popular

Max Rakus

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What if third parties like the green party, Reform Party,Libertarian Party , ETC gained major following?
 
What if third parties like the green party, Reform Party,Libertarian Party , ETC gained major following?

Welcome to the site, Max.

I can definitely imagine that U.S. politics would become quite a bit more interesting: certainly, both the Democrats and the Republicans would have to make some concessions if they didn't want to lose elections(such as the Dems caucusing with the Green Party, or the Republicans, with the Libertarians). :D
 
The system in the US is such that only two national parties can exist with any kind of stability. Regional parties, on the other hand, that could possibly happen, possibly with Presidencies being decided in the House as a new normal. Getting there, though, is another challenge. [A 'No Southern Strategy' could probably create a regional third party that will last a while, but I don't see them or their rebranded successors ever becoming a regionally dominant party.]
 
What if, the third parties were less ideological strident and tried to form coalitions with the big two. I'm imagining Greens trying to work with Democrats into further left policies.
 
Have the big man Teddy Roosevelt's bull moose party win the presidential election in 1908 and people might be more willing to give the time of day to 3rd parties.
 
Have the repulicans invade Canada for no reason and the democrats get split up by internal differences.
 
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