Cephus
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Money has so much to do with that popularity. One cannot expect a third party candidate to win when the Republican candidate spends a billion dollars, the Democratic candidate spends a billion dollars and all you have to spend is 3 million, ala Gary Johnson in 2012. When corporations, lobbyist, wall street firms, special interests, big money donors shell out millions, tens of millions of dollars to the two major parties, that just shows you which parties have been bought and paid for.
But the Republican money comes from contributors, more contributors favor the Republican party than do the Green party or the Libertarian party. The only way to be successful in politics is to attract a lot of people who are willing to give you money. If you cannot, as is true of all third parties, then you don't have enough popularity to win. Make all the excuses you want, this is what it all comes down to.