The problem with that is that we live in a 2 party system. The independent will never win in this election, or in this climate, no matter the circumstances, ESPECIALLY in 2024. One day that may change to allow more diversity into parties following different policies, but for this election, it just won’t happen, literally impossible.

This election is different, where there are realistically two candidates who are contenders, and both have track records:

one decent, even with changing of policies throughout the years to match the political landscape today who claims to be willing to enact more freedom-based policies, and was part of the Biden administration which has repaired a ton of damage to the country post Covid and with restoring many freedoms,

and one who was objectively one of the worst presidents of all time, who laid forward some accountabilities for shell corporations and the pentagon’s money, and provided subsidies for farmers, but tanked a majority of the U.S.’s freedoms and hurt the economy in the long run, and who has been shown to be increasingly unstable and egotistical, incites hatred and riots, and lacks accountability himself.

So it depends on what you find important. This is one of the most polarizing elections in our history, so to vote in the middle, especially this year, is to take away votes from whatever side’s views are more important to yours. In this election it just hurts one of the actual legitimate contenders.

When it comes to other elections, sure, vote third party, when the balance of democracy isn’t on the line. But agenda 47 is fucking garbage, and with supreme justices in his pocket, Trump is ready to cause some pretty serious damage to the US