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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Technically no but effectively yes. There are other political parties but the democrats and republicans so thoroughly control everything no one else really has any power.
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And third party candidates, as we call them, have to go through a lot more obstacles to be able to get in office than if they ran as Republicans or Democrats. It's the main reason people like Ron Paul join the GOP even when their ideologies heavily conflict with their opponents in the same party.
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