We have a political system controlled by two private organizations, DNC and RNC.

DNC set up a $1 billion Super PAC (funded by Reid Hoffman) specifically to remove RFK from ballots. They denied him Secret Service despite polling close to 25% at one point, which meant a third of campaign funds went toward security. They kept him in courts for 6 weeks from June to August in every state over ballot access lawsuits to prevent him from campaigning and drain resources after more than 1 million American voters petitioned to put him on every ballot, while DNC nominated a candidate without a single vote.

Anyone who polls above 5% as a third party/independent candidate should automatically qualify for all 50 state ballots and the debate. It used to be like that. After Ross Perot, DNC and RNC changed all the rules and gave themselves the ability to screw over independent candidates.