Run good enough candidates and a strong campaign and you won't have to worry about splitting votes. The reason third-party candidates never do well is because they have almost no money to get their names out there and nobody can pick them out of a lineup. Everyone has heard of the Libertarian party. How many people can name more than one or two actual Libertarian candidates?
You cant run good candidates without ballot access. It would take years to gain meaningful access. Much better to takeover the Republican party since they have the access and infanstructure
Run good enough candidates and a strong campaign and you won't have to worry about splitting votes. The reason third-party candidates never do well is because they have almost no money to get their names out there and nobody can pick them out of a lineup. Everyone has heard of the Libertarian party. How many people can name more than one or two actual Libertarian candidates?
You cant run good candidates without ballot access. It would take years to gain meaningful access. Much better to takeover the Republican party since they have the access and infanstructure