Remember this “centrist” pipe dream? The opportunity for a third-party presidential candidacy was there, but nobody would run:
Americans Elect, a well-financed group that aimed to help a viable third-party candidate enter this November’s presidential race, has announced it is ending its web-based push to break America’s two-party system.
The organisation, which was founded with millions of dollars from its initial wealthy backers, had little trouble in organising a push to get on the ballot across America. It managed to secure ballot access in 29 states and was on track in all the rest. But it failed to attract a big-name candidate to join it or generate enough popular support from ordinary Americans to fulfil its own requirements to accept a candidate…
As a result, no single person running on the Americans Elect internet-based website managed to secure enough support to qualify for the Americans Elect primary in June causing the group to decide to shutter the process…
Voting for a third-party in a two-party system is just plain silly. But the 1% will fund anything to keep the electorate distracted.