I know we technically have more than two choices, but what would need to change for it to simply be 1) person A, 2) person B, or 3) throwaway vote.
And maybe there are multiple avenues?
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Change our core voting system away from First Past the Post (FPtP). All FPtP democracies drift to a two party system over time. In FPtP, you are not voting for your candidate of choice, you are voting against the the other candidate.
The good news is FPtP systems gravitate to more moderate parties. Most voters are moderate. As one party moves from center, they lose voters to the other party.
The issue the US has had recently is people are starting to incorporate their pollical party into their identity. That in turn has allowed the party(ies) to become more extreme without losing voters. Now candidates can say stuff like [I’ll be a dictator on day one](https://apnews.com/article/trump-hannity-dictator-authoritarian-presidential-election-f27e7e9d7c13fabbe3ae7dd7f1235c72) or “[I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters](https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/donald-trump-shoot-somebody-support/index.html)” and still have a good chance at getting elected.
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