Noted. My thought was that a third party would unbalance only one of the two main parties probably guaranteeing a win for the other. I thought a (near) simultaneous third and fourth party - one from each side - might keep any advantage for the two DinoParties to a minimum. This year would seem to have a viable third party that could bud off the dems with Sanders and a rich field of potential fourth party candidates from the reps. It seems to me we could hash out the same least worst candidate election but at the same time double the number of viable parties going forward. Wishful thinking
I'm trying real hard not to sound like a broken record. (Of course there are many INGOERS who've never heard a broken record to know what it sounds like).
The problem is, the natural conclusion to our election process IS two dominant parties. You cant fix it until you remove the advantages that the process naturally creates for people joining opposing political parties. It requires a change in process to fix that.