Dan Kovalik: U.S. electoral system impedes development of non-traditional alternatives

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00:00I mean, that's a long-term project.

00:05You know, first of all, we have several third-party candidates, and none of them are going to

00:12get more than one or two percentage of the votes.

00:19So we're a way, we're a long way off to building a political alternative to the two-party system.

00:25And of course, our electoral system is built to prevent that.

00:31It's built to prevent third parties from growing and having any real impact.

00:37So you know, it's a long way off.

00:41I don't see it even happening in the near to medium-term future.

00:47What would have to happen is at least that one of the parties would get 5% of the vote,

00:53which would allow them to get federal funding for elections.

00:57That would help them a lot, but none of the parties are going to do that.

01:02So that, you know, is a disappointment.

01:07You know, Bobby Kennedy, he was polling at 20% at one time, and then started to decline

01:16to something a little less than 10%, but maybe he could have gotten that 5% threshold.

01:23But of course he left the race and supported Trump.

01:26So we're left with candidates that are not going to get that 5%.

01:32So I don't see, I don't see an alternative movement, political movement for some time.

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