National elections are the best way to raise your profile, and they show you have national ambitions. Doing those and nothing else would be a problem, but it makes sense to have national candidates as part of a movement-building strategy.
They are running a propaganda campaign more than a presidential campaign. Every campaign volunteer is someone who may join the party, and every signature is an opportunity to talk to strangers about socialism and the failure of bourgeois democracy. And from that perspective, it seems like it’s been fairly successful.
As an outsider this is my perspective. We know that 3rd parties make zero movement electorally, except when they threaten someone’s chances of winning. Instead of talking about Ralph Nader, it could, given enough momentum, be the PSL.
Every campaign give opportunity to talk to people like you said. Get enough people and now the media wants to know who this group is who was “siphoning votes” giving you free air time.
National elections are the best way to raise your profile, and they show you have national ambitions. Doing those and nothing else would be a problem, but it makes sense to have national candidates as part of a movement-building strategy.
I feel like that strategy holds up more in a proportional or parliamentary system, then in a majoritarian, presidential system, like what the US has.
The bar to enter a presidential race is so high, and requires so much effort, with so little return on investment, that it feels like a waste to me.
They are running a propaganda campaign more than a presidential campaign. Every campaign volunteer is someone who may join the party, and every signature is an opportunity to talk to strangers about socialism and the failure of bourgeois democracy. And from that perspective, it seems like it’s been fairly successful.
As an outsider this is my perspective. We know that 3rd parties make zero movement electorally, except when they threaten someone’s chances of winning. Instead of talking about Ralph Nader, it could, given enough momentum, be the PSL.
Every campaign give opportunity to talk to people like you said. Get enough people and now the media wants to know who this group is who was “siphoning votes” giving you free air time.