“…debate after debate, tv program after tv program, the progressive third party people would in fact get the best response from the audiences, and people would say “You guys make a lot of sense”
Bernie Sanders in the 90’s:
But in the beginnning this is what would happen: You had the Democratic candidate running for something, and the Republican candidate, historically Vermont had been a Republican state, moderate Republican, not right wing, and then Democracts, and then we had a third party, and what would happen is debate after debate, tv program after tv program, the progressive third party people would in fact get the best response from the audiences, and people would say “You guys make a lot of sense.” And then you go up to them and say “Are you gonna vote for us” and they’d say “Of course we’re not gonna vote for you, you can’t win, we’re gonna vote for the Democrat, you’re a much better candidate, and everything you’re saying is true but we can’t “waste” our vote.” Waste our vote was the expression.
Is there a conspiracy against third party candidates?
What would have happened if Jill Stein, Gary Johnson and other were allowed in the presidential debates?
h/t The_In-Betweener