Wasting Your Vote
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On the ballot in all 50...
Now, explain to me why voting third party is not a waste of your vote?
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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(I agree with you , but will try and answer your question)
Because voting for the same two party just means we will get more of the same in the future. If a third-party gets enough votes, then maybe people will realize that there is a lot of anger and dissatisfaction towards them.
It is like the dictator that says, “everybody loves me, I got 90% of the vote.“
But in this case, it is the two parties saying that. “They must love us, because between us, we got almost 100% of the vote”
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The best polls show her getting 5%. That's inconsequential, but enough to tip an election, in some states.
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I did not consider my vote for Johnson/Weld in 2016 wasted, nor my vote for John Anderson in 1980. I honestly believed they were the best qualified candidates. I do not feel the same way about Jo Jorgenson, nor do I think her running mate is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, so I am left with one of the major party candidates.
But I will never consider a third party vote wasted.
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In our system, unless a third party candidate has overwhelming support (i.e. Bernie Sanders in recent times), almost any election featuring a third party candidate, is a siphon of votes for one of the two major party candidates.
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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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My Russian friend says that voting for somebody you hate is both a waste of your vote, and a surrender of your soul.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Wasting Your Vote:
My Russian friend says that voting for somebody you hate is both a waste of your vote, and a surrender of your soul.
His perspective may be slightly different.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@Mik said in Wasting Your Vote:
I think third parties need to start out more local/state than national. That's what the Tea Party did and now they are well represented in Congress.
The Tea Party was mostly a subset of the GOP.
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@Jolly said in Wasting Your Vote:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Wasting Your Vote:
My Russian friend says that voting for somebody you hate is both a waste of your vote, and a surrender of your soul.
His perspective may be slightly different.
As an immigrant that came over in the Soviet era, I would say that he has a much better understanding of what constitutes tyranny than most natural born Americans. Not once has he complained about the need to wear a mask.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Wasting Your Vote:
I would say that he has a much better understanding of what constitutes tyranny than most natural born Americans.
"If you're screaming 'THIS is what a police state looks like' in a public place, you have no idea what a police state looks like."
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@Jolly said in Wasting Your Vote:
Now, explain to me why voting third party is not a waste of your vote?
In Virginia, Biden will win the state. So for me it’s a protest for a 3rd party to get more votes even though they obviously won’t win. I’d never vote for Biden, and I refuse to support Trump on moral grounds, so...either I don’t vote, or I vote for Jo. Either way, the result of Biden winning Virginia is the same, except in this case the libertarian will see one more vote.
