Eldritch ,
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Well let’s be 100% honest. Teddy Roosevelt got in under the bull moose party. But it was such extraordinary circumstances it could never be applicable to any other 3rd party run. First he had already been a popular president. But had been abandoned by his party. So he had wide, favorable name recognition and history to run on. Something no other 3rd party candidate has or likely ever will have again.

The average person couldn’t really tell you who Jill Stein is or what she does. Other than run as a spoiler candidate in the green party. People may know Cornell West as an academic. But likely couldn’t tell you much more than that even if they knew that. Kennedy, most people know nothing about him other than his name. And any of the others currently running have less visibility than that.

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