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Fred Jonas's avatar

We saw exactly what you're talking about three times in recent decades, at least regarding elections. Ross Perot's candidacy got Clinton elected twice, when the voters would have chosen the Republican in Perot's absence, and Ralph Nader got George W Bush elected, when the voters would have chosen the Democrat in his absence. Perot split the Republicans, and Nader split the Democrats, exactly as you hypothesize.

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This is a great explanation of how fusion voting would enable third parties to play a meaningful, constructive role in our elections (rather than being spoilers). At the Center for Ballot Freedom, we're working hard to revive this system, which used to be common in across America until the major parties starting banning it because they didn't like the competition. Sign up for our newsletter to learn more.

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