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CMV: Third parties in The United States should not waste their time putting up candidates for the presidency. Rather, they should focus all their energy on local and state elections.

With the United States using first past the post and the electoral college, it is impossible for a third party candidate to get elected president. Under this system, people who vote third party are often voting against their own interests, as they are harming big party candidate they agree with more, and helping the big party candidate they agree with less. Third parties should devot all their money and energy to getting people elected in state and local elections, where they'll actually have a chance of winning, and slowly gaining a degree of power.
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If a third party can attract a really good candidate and put that candidate out there then it's a LOT of press coverage that would advance their cause and give them some name recognition. Even in local and state elections getting past the two-party system is difficult. That's where a charismatic figurehead can play an important role.