It's the unfortunately nature of "first past the post" voting models. I'd love to see proportional representation adopted at the state and Federal legislative levels; I think that this would make third parties more visible and influential, which would, over time, cause them to potentially do better in Presidential contests. The Greens and Libertarians make noise every four years, but if they were actually having more influence on day-to-day politics, more people would actually know about them, and might consider them serious enough contenders to deserve a vote.
Australian-style preferential voting would be nice too, because folks would be more likely to vote for third parties (they wouldn't feel like their vote was being wasted, since they could still specify a more mainstream candidate as their "second-favorite" to receive their vote if their number one candidate loses.) Either way, I find both to be very interesting systems (not without their own drawbacks, of course) that (in my opinion) could potentially make for some improvements on our current methods.
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Date: 6/6/16 17:08 (UTC)Australian-style preferential voting would be nice too, because folks would be more likely to vote for third parties (they wouldn't feel like their vote was being wasted, since they could still specify a more mainstream candidate as their "second-favorite" to receive their vote if their number one candidate loses.) Either way, I find both to be very interesting systems (not without their own drawbacks, of course) that (in my opinion) could potentially make for some improvements on our current methods.