Polling shows Americans are ready to support independent populists running on economic platforms. But what they don’t want is anything associated with the Democratic Party’s brand.
Your entire explanation is predicated on the belief that the Warm Pepsi party doesn’t prefer watching everyone get their faces smashed in by hammers to working with the Cool Water party in any capacity.
No, it’s predicated on the belief that Warm Pepsi is still preferable to Hammers and that attempting to supplant either of them with Cool Water in one fell swoop isn’t realistic. Under those premises, Cool Water may act as a spoiler party to undermine Warm Pepsi.
Nobody wins by voting third party in a plurality system, unless that third party can overtake one of the two first parties.
Your entire explanation is predicated on the belief that the Warm Pepsi party doesn’t prefer watching everyone get their faces smashed in by hammers to working with the Cool Water party in any capacity.
This is not the case.
No, it’s predicated on the belief that Warm Pepsi is still preferable to Hammers and that attempting to supplant either of them with Cool Water in one fell swoop isn’t realistic. Under those premises, Cool Water may act as a spoiler party to undermine Warm Pepsi.
Nobody wins by voting third party in a plurality system, unless that third party can overtake one of the two first parties.