I'd just like to say, I'm proud of the 3rd party voters in here. You are not throwing your vote away as the two major parties would have you believe.

Instead you are sending a message that both parties need to change and provide better choices.

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Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom

Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 10/11/16 at 5:51 pm to Hugo Stiglitz

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I'd just like to say, I'm proud of the 3rd party voters in here. You are not throwing your vote away as the two major parties would have you believe.

They are.

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Instead you are sending a message that both parties need to change and provide better choices.

They won't. A Libertarian card won't scare anyone, it'll just play spoiler to either party. Staying in a race knowing you can't win just asks for an avalanche of blame to come crashing down on your neck.

For me, what's not a waste of time is voting against the person if you can't vote for one.

Hillary is unelectable, by her own party's standards (via newly released emails) and has way too many problems with corruption.

Donald Trump is a self-centered television host with no political clout other than what he's paid for.

Between the two, Hillary scares me more because she'd levy her office for more personal favors and is obviously a puppet.

So, I can either vote for someone who actually has a legitimate chance to win, or be some pseudo-principled man baby (like every other Libertarian) and be edgy and outside of mainstream.

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