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[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

What would a 3rd party look like? Only person that comes to mind is jill stein whos a russian mouthpiece

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago

One that doesn't take corporate donations would be start.

Another method is 3rd parties forming locally as grassroots organizations and then forming a coalition party to back 3rd party candidates on the national level.

Sort of how you have a few caucuses in the Democratic Party like the Farm-Labor Part in Minnesota, or Independents who caucus with the Democrats like Bernie who could be peeled off to back a 3rd party of even just flatly Independent candidates.

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago

Example of a 3rd party: The Democratic party refuses to back and fund AOC as a candidate. American citizens crowd source her campaign so she runs as an independent