this is true... but long before today's dominant parties created today's patchwork quilt of hurdles and barriers to even getting candidates listed on the ballots. Write-in is not a viable option. The largest consistent 3rd-party - the Libertarians - have now been at it 50 years... and have made the ballots in 50 states + DC for President/VP only 5 times - 1980, 1992, 1996, 2016 and 2020. They were ballot listed for lower offices in only 35 states in 2020 (I think). and are presently entitled to be ballot-listed in only 32 states for the 2022 cycle.
this is true... but long before today's dominant parties created today's patchwork quilt of hurdles and barriers to even getting candidates listed on the ballots. Write-in is not a viable option. The largest consistent 3rd-party - the Libertarians - have now been at it 50 years... and have made the ballots in 50 states + DC for President/VP only 5 times - 1980, 1992, 1996, 2016 and 2020. They were ballot listed for lower offices in only 35 states in 2020 (I think). and are presently entitled to be ballot-listed in only 32 states for the 2022 cycle.
As G. Carlin said: "It's a big club, and YOU ain't in it...." https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/964648-but-there-s-a-reason-there-s-a-reason-there-s-a-reason