I feel like in the past these other 3rd parties have gone about it the wrong way and focused on national elections.
Because of over-federalization of motivating issues.
Consider the Pirate Party. They had a good platform and plenty of enthusiasm, but their focus is essentially irrelevant to state and local government. On the other end of the spectrum, the Libertarian and Green parties are poorly managed and their platforms are schizophrenic.
There IS room for a center-right nativist populist party with a strong anti-corporate platform to eat the Republicans lunch, but it will will require decades to pull off, and like the current RSC-HFC civil war, there will be a point where it will be seen as an impediment to conservatism because it will be splitting the vote.
Because of over-federalization of motivating issues.
Consider the Pirate Party. They had a good platform and plenty of enthusiasm, but their focus is essentially irrelevant to state and local government. On the other end of the spectrum, the Libertarian and Green parties are poorly managed and their platforms are schizophrenic.
There IS room for a center-right nativist populist party with a strong anti-corporate platform to eat the Republicans lunch, but it will will require decades to pull off, and like the current RSC-HFC civil war, there will be a point where it will be seen as an impediment to conservatism because it will be splitting the vote.
Muh vote splitting, lol
This has got to be the biggest issue I have with PP supporters; as though replacing Trudeau with Trudeau-Blue will help anything.
My stance is, every vote for a candidate you actually support is a message to the people who want your vote that they aren't doing enough.
A strategic vote to "kick out X" send the message that you can be tricked into voting against your interests if the opposition is awful enough.