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Originally Posted by Radar
The Libertarian Party IS viable and extremely electable with the best candidates in politics. It's the largest third party in America. It has more people elected than all other third-parties combined.
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Third party is in a system designed by two big parties so that only those parties are favored. Even gerrymandering has even made a third party implausible.
To better appreciate how a third party can occur, compare details of the British political system verses American. For example, British system does not permit unrestricted spending. Therefore contributions to a third party - that at first glance would appear to be a loser - could actually get a winning message out.
Two parties have conspired to fix the system in their favor. Therefore when Ross Perot won so many votes, it scared the hell out of party power brokers who did not understand this concept: 'working for America'.
The American political system is chock full of details that make it so difficult for third parties.