Third-party candidates are a waste of time.

They will never get enough votes to win through no fault of their own.

They will never effect the change they want without a revolution. The system is established, paid for and rigged.

However, the reality of the democratic system is that most people’s presidential votes count for very little. Politico calculated that the election will be decided by voters in just eight battleground states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Because of the electoral college system, most Americans live in states where the outcome has been largely predetermined.

Sorry, Alan. you call it a democratic system then mention the EC two sentences later. The system was designed not to be a democratic one. Also, the outcome of the EC in 'most' states is not predetermined because of the EC, but by the way the states themselves chose to allocate the electors.

However, the bigger threat to election integrity this year is surely voter suppression shenanigans. Earlier this year, Trump let slip that he believed no Republican would ever be elected if turnout was high. Since then, he appears to have been on a campaign to decrease participation.

This has nothing at all to do with third parties.

There were a number of "third-party" candidates on my ballot this year. I've heard of the green party but had no idea who the people were, or the other two parties.