My ballot normally has at least 4 and has had at times more than 10 running for the presidency. Most states have more than 3 on every presidential ballot.

@switchcraft " it helps the voters to have to think less and more easily be deceived about issues."

This actually against Democracy!

I count at least three other candidates, it's a quick online search

We are monkeys. Frightened by any change that actually requires effort. Too stubborn to compromise. Too stupid to learn.

Jill Stein ran against Hillary in 2016 as a 3rd party candidate. Only succeeded in placing us in the mess we are in currently.

There are usually other candidates. They just do not get much of the mainstream media attention, and thus not much in terms of political donations for their campaign, which reduces their media time even more. Everything in the USA has devolved in to Democrat vs Republican, but there are other candidates. It helps the television media because that makes more of a soap opera, and it helps the voters to have to think less and more easily be deceived about issues. All of the attention now is focused around these two parties simply picking their candidate. Not all of the candidates.