Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
I don't vote for people based on whether they can win, so I've voted third party a few times.
No such thing as a wasted vote, despite what the partisans say.
True. The only wasted vote is the one that isn't cast.
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I don't vote for people based on whether they can win, so I've voted third party a few times.
No such thing as a wasted vote, despite what the partisans say.
I'm voting my conscience, which in this case is 3rd party. Knowing full well they can't win.
Many voters in both major parties will be casting ballots AGAINST the candidate they perceive as the greater evil next November. In fact, both Trump and Clinton are two sides of the same golden, corporate coin. If millions of voters choose between Green or Libertarian instead of Wall Street or Real Estate, the results could change US politics forever.Throwing the lesser evil dilemma and lack of winning independent/third party candidates out the window for a second, would you even want to vote for someone outside of the reigning parties if they matched your views more?
I don't vote for people based on whether they can win, so I've voted third party a few times.
No such thing as a wasted vote, despite what the partisans say.
True. The only wasted vote is the one that isn't cast.
t will probably take a few election cycles, but if people start insisting on voting for "good" instead of "can win" or "lesser evil from major party", then eventually, we will either have a third party that can win, or we will see a change in how the major parties approach elections. Right now, all we do is encourage them to believe they can keep on with "same old, same old", because they know that when it comes down to Election Day, we can be buffaloed into falling in line with them.
t will probably take a few election cycles, but if people start insisting on voting for "good" instead of "can win" or "lesser evil from major party", then eventually, we will either have a third party that can win, or we will see a change in how the major parties approach elections. Right now, all we do is encourage them to believe they can keep on with "same old, same old", because they know that when it comes down to Election Day, we can be buffaloed into falling in line with them.
Not much of a choice really. Like many Americans, I don't vote for my candidate because my candidate is great, I vote to keep the worst candidate out. Throwing my vote away on anybody outside of the two parties is just a wasted effort. It's like trying to push a car down the road with four flat tires.
I'm not voting for Trump this year--I'm voting to keep Hillary out. The last two elections, I voted to keep DumBama out.
The only way we ever stand a chance at a third or fourth party is if both major parties piss off their electorate in the same year. This is the closest they have ever come to doing that this election cycle. So maybe we are on the right path.
AbsolutelyJill Stein? Sure.
Agreed. Same here. I'm voting Libertarian this year. Voting for the "lesser of two evils" is not working.I have voted third party as many times as I have voted for the main parties. I do not subscribe to the keeping the worst person out is a win theory.
Yes my problem is so far I have found no third party candidate who really matches my views we might agree on one or two things but it seems to me third party candidates are still pretty much out on the fringe.Throwing the lesser evil dilemma and lack of winning independent/third party candidates out the window for a second, would you even want to vote for someone outside of the reigning parties if they matched your views more?
I don't vote for people based on whether they can win, so I've voted third party a few times.
No such thing as a wasted vote, despite what the partisans say.
True. The only wasted vote is the one that isn't cast.
Actually, I think the only wasted vote is a disingenuous vote. Not voting is perfectly valid, either as a way to express lack of faith in the entire system, or when one has no preference in the matter.
I'm planning on "Feeling the Johnson" this fall. The Libertarians,normally people who can't get out fo their own way, have picked the only serious ticket on the ballot. Both Johnson and Weld have actual experience as elected executives. While I disagree with a lot, I also agree with a lot of what they stand for. And they have the added advantage that neither is Hillary or Donald.
Agreed. Same here. I'm voting Libertarian this year. Voting for the "lesser of two evils" is not working.I have voted third party as many times as I have voted for the main parties. I do not subscribe to the keeping the worst person out is a win theory.
No they picked the most serious candidates they had. Who else? Austin Peterson? He is a Libertarian version of Trump. John McAfee? A drug addled murderer? No, Johnson/Weld is at least a ticket I can take seriously.I'm planning on "Feeling the Johnson" this fall. The Libertarians,normally people who can't get out fo their own way, have picked the only serious ticket on the ballot. Both Johnson and Weld have actual experience as elected executives. While I disagree with a lot, I also agree with a lot of what they stand for. And they have the added advantage that neither is Hillary or Donald.
I honestly don't know yet. Yes, Johnson and Weld at least don't feel like an enormous practical joke on the nation, unlike the two major candidates, but they also feel like the Libertarians looked at a momentous opportunity, and decided to phone in the election once again.
Yes my problem is so far I have found no third party candidate who really matches my views we might agree on one or two things but it seems to me third party candidates are still pretty much out on the fringe.Throwing the lesser evil dilemma and lack of winning independent/third party candidates out the window for a second, would you even want to vote for someone outside of the reigning parties if they matched your views more?
No they picked the most serious candidates they had. Who else? Austin Peterson? He is a Libertarian version of Trump. John McAfee? A drug addled murderer? No, Johnson/Weld is at least a ticket I can take seriously.I'm planning on "Feeling the Johnson" this fall. The Libertarians,normally people who can't get out fo their own way, have picked the only serious ticket on the ballot. Both Johnson and Weld have actual experience as elected executives. While I disagree with a lot, I also agree with a lot of what they stand for. And they have the added advantage that neither is Hillary or Donald.
I honestly don't know yet. Yes, Johnson and Weld at least don't feel like an enormous practical joke on the nation, unlike the two major candidates, but they also feel like the Libertarians looked at a momentous opportunity, and decided to phone in the election once again.
If he's still alive I will consider him hell at this point I would consider my yellow lab over the two current chuckleheads.Yes my problem is so far I have found no third party candidate who really matches my views we might agree on one or two things but it seems to me third party candidates are still pretty much out on the fringe.Throwing the lesser evil dilemma and lack of winning independent/third party candidates out the window for a second, would you even want to vote for someone outside of the reigning parties if they matched your views more?
At this point, I would vote for my high school Civics teacher over the two major candidates. At least he was a serious adult who understood how government works and should work. Unfortunately, high school was a long time ago, and he's probably dead.