What's the "conservative" explanation?

[Scanker19]

[FoxtArt]

Historically, the major parties have risen and fallen in our history, often quite dramatically. That can happen again, but we'll still be stuck with a two-party system unless they change the way that candidates are selected in the first place. I suspect independent voters will continue to grow to the detriment of both parties until a viable contender is formed, which replaces the corpse of one or the other of the traditional R/D within 2-3 election cycles.

https://theconversation.com/in-2024-...fluence-245125

I almost had wondered if Elon's "America" party could do it, but he ran out of gas as he announced it, lol. Not that I'd be a member, but it was curious to see such a big name with financial backing suggest such a thing.

What if we had a bad president in 1988 and 1992, and then good ones after that? Which is better in the long term? If the contender is similar to the GOP, of course, it will cause lost elections, for a while.

The corruption is the biggest impediment to this; getting votes is not. (e.g. party leadership of both will do everything in their power to stop it). A viable contender with enough backing could bleed enough votes off of both parties to win within a few cycles. The first viable third-party candidate from this party will lose, the second... may not.

So far, all the third parties are usually run by crazy-hair McGee running out of his basement with a platform of only green horticulture and replacing cows with mushrooms, man.