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The reason I bring this up is that there seems to be this common third party argument that if the stupid voters KNEW about the third parties, they'd vote for them, thus toppling the duopoly. We tend to suffer from a case of the majoritarianism. We think that because our ideas make sense to us, well they MUST float with everyone else, and it's only because they are either uninformed or stupid that they simply keep voting for Coke or Pepsi...often not at all. This is clearly condescending, and also erronious, IMO.
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This is incorrect, I think. It's not that people don't know about third parties. It's that anyone who knows anything about third parties knows they have virtually no power. Joining a 3rd party is like sticking a daisey down the barrel of a rifle. It's a cute political statement, but it's hardly gonna stop a bullet comin out.
Knowing about something and giving that something a chance aren't the same thing. And as much as I hate the partisan dominated aspect of our system, I don't really see any likely alternative developing the strength to change anything.
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