“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.“
- Yogi Berra
You may not know this, but to be an official party in New York state there’s a voting requirement. You need 50,000 votes in the gubernatorial race to be an official party. It’s very hard to get on the ballot if you’re not an official party. Does there appear to be a built in cycle here?
Now when you vote, does your vote count? If the candidate wins by one vote, then yes. Otherwise, sadly no. That is, unless you help a third party to achieve a needed milestone. The simple fact is, that a vote for a third party means your vote actually matters where it otherwise probably wouldn’t.
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