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She’s only on the ballot in 13 states, but she’s young, energetic and optimistic. (Pay-tuh) Lindsay is the Party for Socialism and Liberation presidential candidate for 2012. PSL wants to end US wars, student tuition amnesty and the right for all Americans to have a job. Lindsay is pushing for a political revolution.
Lindsay admits she’s facing a struggle to have the PSL accepted as a mainstream party. And by accepted she partially means financially backed by major corporations. But voters say there IS room in the US electoral process for more than just two dominant voices.
A vote for an alternative party outside of the Democrat and Republican mainstream is often symbolic rather than impactful.
For a third party candidate to be competitive in the US political system the chances are all but impossible. But Lindsay says she’s not running to win necessarily, but to build a movement. She says that the current two-party system here celebrates corporate interests at the expense of the average citizen. She says those exploited voters have a voice in her party.
According to the latest statistics from the US Election Project, there are about 208 million eligible voters in the US. But in the last election just more than half registered to vote at 136 million. Lindsay says she believes part of the reason that voters lack enthusiasm is because they aren’t inspired by the dominant parties who try to shut out budding competition.
Lindsay says she’s unsure of her presidential candidacy future, but she’ll always remain a part of the discourse to engage a larger share of the voter electorate.
