huchahuchax
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Unless you are filthy rich, running as an independent is a stupid thing for any serious candidate to do. According to Pat Buchanan's figures it would take $200 million to even compete. Plus, the two main parties have stacked the deck to the point that it is almost impossible to get a third party candidate onto a state ballot. If you do manage to get on the ballot, the two main parties then use an old Church of Scientology tactic of bombarding you with lawsuits, usually to contest the names on the petitions that were used to get you on the ballot. A candidate needs $200 million because aside from doing all the usual campaign stuff they also need an army of trial lawyers in every state to get past the legal guantlet the republicans and democrats will set up.