There is one way for a third party to be viable. We need to have a top 2 primary runoff system. I’d be more happy with the GOP if we had a top 2 primary runoff for selecting candidates for all elected offices. The current system favors the big money big establishment candidates which doesn’t serve us.
Interesting idea! The Washington establishment is unlikely to change the primary election system that favors them though.
When the Whig Party was in power pundits said that the republican party was not a viable third political party. If what you say about third political parties is true, how did the Republican Party replace the Whig Party?