Opinion: Billionaire Donors Should Invest in Third-Party Politics

Billionaire philanthropists could do the country more good by devoting their largesse to supporting a “radically centrist” third-party candidate for president, according to a Washington Post columnist.

Matt Miller, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, argues that advocacy on public policy and the best use of government resources “offers the best possible bang for the charitable buck” and that “there is simply no better vehicle for advocacy than a presidential campaign.”

Mr. Miller says groups such as Americans Elect—which is seeking to disrupt the country’s “dysfunctional” two-party politics by nominating a national third-party candidate and gaining ballot access in all 50 states—cannot succeed without major support from wealthy individuals.

“If you’re rich, serious about changing the world and think our two-party tyranny has become part of the problem, there’s no better time to invest in disruptive political innovation,” he writes.