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Podcast: Slate History
Episode: Third Parties Are Saving Democracy
Description: On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: nobody wins with two parties.A competitive presidential election draws closer every day – and as ever, every vote will count. So is it fair to accuse third-party voters of wasting a vote, as often happens? Or are third-party candidates actually preserving what little we have left of a competitive democracy? Bernard Tamas of Valdosta State University joins us to make the case for the power of the third party.If you have thoughts you want to share...