North Dakotans will see three names on the presidential ballot this November. Alongside Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Libertarian nominee Chase Oliver also filed to appear on the state ballot by the Tuesday afternoon deadline. Two local races saw last-minute entries, according to the North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office. Rep. […]
You aren’t going to break the duopoly by voting 3rd party. All that does is help insure that the viable candidate closest to your views loses.
Breaking the duopoly involves getting ranked choice/instant runoff elections in your area.
Do that and you can vote for whoever you want without actively harming the process.
Asking people to vote 3rd party, particularly in swing states, ONLY helps Trump.
https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-dangerous-illusion-of-a-presidential-third-party-in-2024
"Trump’s Supporters are Die-Hards. Democrats’ are…not.
Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election was not due to any erosion in support for Donald Trump. Rather, not only did Trump’s raw vote total increase, but in the key states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, Trump’s share of the vote actually increased. The change that made the difference between Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016 and Biden’s victory in 2020 was the decrease in support for third-party candidates. As a result, Biden’s vote shares were higher in battleground states than Clinton’s, even when Trump’s vote share increased as well."