In this new context, a third-party candidate might run on what Hais, Ross and Winograd call constitutional localism. Today, a third-party candidate would have to run on creating different kinds of power structures at different levels. The members may have different racial, class and partisan identities, but they have one shared identity — love of their community. We also need a national leader to tell a different national story. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook and Twitter (@NYTopinion), and sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter.

Source: New York Times July 31, 2018 00:33 UTC