Can someone explain why third parties seem so much more viable in the UK than US despite both using first-past-the-post single member districts? Is it like a historical difference or is there something structural?
What other ppl have said, but also in the UK it's a centralized and costs like a £500 deposit to register and get ballot access- in the US you have to get ballot access in every individual state, and the processes are incredibly expensive, complicated and intentionally onerous
