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That is a very good question. Historically third parties have served to express ideas that have broad appeal. But those ideas are easily adopted by one or both of the major parties and the third party is co-opted at the polls.

The answer to your (re-stated) question is; what is necessary for a party that is not one of the current two major partiesto win a national election is the break-up of one or both of the two major parties over contentious issues leading to a four or five party election. In that case a third party might emerge. But, in the end, the country would slowly evolve into the two party scheme again. Perhaps with two different parities.

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