San Antonio has a twice-elected mayor who ran as an independent, and he's probably gonna win again in a month due to his relatively excellent handling of the pandemic. He's got my vote. Of course, it's a nonpartisan blanket primary election. Shit, if we could even have that setup for Congressional elections or even POTUS, things could probably marginally improve. Not as much as they would improve under your First Amendment project. Still think it needs a rebranding targeting the least common demoninator demographic. "Demoninator" was unintentional, but I'm keeping it. Seriously, it's a great idea, and it's further enabled by the internet, no need to book the Superdome to hold a vote or hearing. The only way I'd ever run is as an independent. Fuck being indebted in any way to your friends/donors or either of the two national political parties.