"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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does this only happen at national level or also on state or county (or
even
community) level? are there no independent/liberal/green/... mayors or
other important people in the US?

Generally speaking, the more important a race is, the less likely someone
not from the two primary parties will win. At the lowest level (municipal
elections), races are (almost?) always non-partisan, so all sorts of folks
could get office. But they have little more influence than deciding things
like how many sidewalks to build, and who in the city pays for them.

As far as I know, there's no "Liberal" party. Perhaps you meant
"Libertarian"?

Pete