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Americans Elect abandons bid to end two-party stranglehold
Americans Elect, a well-financed group that aimed to help a viable third party candidate enter this November’s presidential race, has announced it is ending its web-based push to break America’s two-party system. The organisation, which was founded with millions of dollars from its initial wealthy backers, had little trouble in…
Krugthulhu Versus Mechacentrist
It’s time to get your Village kaiju fight on. Giant monsters everywhere, and yet this one has seemingly been defeated before it could shoot lasers out of its mouth. Centrist lasers. Paul Krugman mourns today’s putative opponent, Americans Elect. And the center not only did not hold, it couldn’t seem…
Third-party group Americans Elect could ask Ron Paul to split GOP
The third-party upstart group Americans Elect held its first online nominating election recently, but it failed to produce a candidate because not enough people voted. The nonprofit group’s rules stipulate that a candidate must receive at least 10,000 online delegates, and at least 1,000 from 10 different states, in order…
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