Hamilton Nolan: Third parties on the U.S. national level are disastrous: “On the national level, and in particular concerning presidential elections, forming a third party tends to be counterproductive, because it has the effect of pulling votes away from the party closest to your beliefs and thereby helping the party most opposed to your own beliefs.” But a Labor Party can strike a crippling blow against Republicans in Red States that hate Democrats. How to Win Red States With a Labor Party