have you ever voted for a third Party?

[Zebra]

the topic of a third party has become new again now ....

 

[Zebra]

it is an eternal topic

 

[lg325]

Ross Perot s Reform Party.

 

[my2¢]

I voted for a mix of Democrats and Republicans presidential candidates in 1972, 1976, 1988, 1992, 2012.
In 2020 I had no preference and allowed my wife to double her pleasure in opposing Trump.
In 2024 I bypassed the presidential spot on the ballot and moved on to the other contests.

So that leaves me 1980, 1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016 where I vote 3rd party, doing so not in support but with desire to register a vote against both major parties. In 1980 I recall voting Libertarian Ed Clark. I believe another protest vote went to Ralph Nader who ran as the Green Party's candidate. Can't recall the names and parties of the other 5.

 

[Paleman]

2000 was the last time I voted for a major party candidate for anything other than down ballot.
IIRC
Libertarian in ‘04
Constitution in ‘08
Since then I have only rarely voted and only then in local races.

To all of you clowns that vote for 3rd party candidates who have no conceivable chance of winning. All you have accomplished is insuring that the candidate, Dem or Rep, you don't want, will win. Just a wasted vote and a good reason that Biden won in 2020.

 

[JWBooth]

To all of you clowns that vote for 3rd party candidates who have no conceivable chance of winning. All you have accomplished is insuring that the candidate, Dem or Rep, you don't want, will win. Just a wasted vote and a good reason that Biden won in 2020.

The candidate I do not want is always the winner.

 

[dblack]

To all of you clowns that vote for 3rd party candidates who have no conceivable chance of winning. All you have accomplished is insuring that the candidate, Dem or Rep, you don't want, will win. Just a wasted vote and a good reason that Biden won in 2020.I

Jesus... .this old saw? The lesser-of-two-evils con is why we have such shitty choices. Stop voting for bad candidates just because there's worse candidate. Stop voting for bad candidates on purpose.

You can't really have a democracy when voters fall for this kind of stupid shit.

 

[Zebra]

To all of you clowns that vote for 3rd party candidates who have no conceivable chance of winning. All you have accomplished is insuring that the candidate, Dem or Rep, you don't want, will win. Just a wasted vote and a good reason that Biden won in 2020.

does everybody think so?

 

[Zebra]

onlY 1 of 9 for the Greens ….

now 2 of 21

 

[Moonglow]

I always vote fer myself.

 

[Zebra]

22 have .....

 

[Captain Caveman]

and if so, for which ones …..


neither Rep nor Dem

At general or local election level?

 

[Zebra]

Zebra

At general or local election level?

any election

 

[Blaster]

I always voted 3rd party until Trump ran for President.

 

[Mrkelly]

To all of you clowns that vote for 3rd party candidates who have no conceivable chance of winning. All you have accomplished is insuring that the candidate, Dem or Rep, you don't want, will win. Just a wasted vote and a good reason that Biden won in 2020.

At least I can be proud that I didn’t fall for the “evil of two lessers “ BS

I voted for Perot

In 24, I voted for Jimmy Dore

 

[braalian]

I have nothing against the concept in principal, but I’m not going to throw away my vote just to make some point

 

[braalian]

Ross Perot s Reform Party.

So, basically, you voted for Bill Clinton.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Zebra

any election

From your list, once Green at local election level.

 

[Captain Caveman]

and if so, for which ones …..


neither Rep nor Dem

The reason I voted Green was because he made an effort to go folk. I was working outside at my mother's when he was out meeting folk. I kinda know him, his son went to school with my eldest and I know his brother was a year above me when I went to school. So I decided to walk up town and give him my vote. Otherwise, I don't bother with local elections. The conservative guy knew he would win and couldn't be bothered to get off his arse, and he only won by 20ish votes!!

Other than that (UK), if you didn't vote Labour or Conservative, every other vote was a throw away vote. But Farage is on the scene with Reform, and the tables have turned. He's high favourite to win, so it'll be interesting times.

 

[Bitterhook]

and if so, for which ones …..


neither Rep nor Dem

A vote for a third-party candidate, however principled and noble it may be, is just a vote for the losing party.

If people want to get serious about change, then they need to understand that what we need to be shooting for is more like 5-8 major parties and that can actually be competitive.

If you want the parties to lose individual influence, and concentrate more on responsible governance, then you have to divide them in a manner that forces them to scuttle nonsense in favor of getting anything passed through Congress. Reduce all the carve outs, and feckless garbage attached in thousands of pages in a Bill before Congress, all in attempts to provide us with two opposing options and some complicated piss poor legislation that never goes away.

A third-party dream is little more than a fairytale, when some knight riding a white horse comes along and saves our pathetic asses from our own ignorance and foolish desires to believe government will ever operate in our best interests, if we don't bust up the power structures, limit the government, and spread out the vote.