Wasted Vote Myth...
The concept of voting for a candidate other than a Democrat or Republican in any US election as being a wasted vote is a myth. And its a myth I wish I had thought of the proper counter-argument for, however instead, I present a well thought out and presented debunking of the wasted vote myth.
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/15/2000/130/1/18
But how do most of us vote? Do the majority of those who believe Harry Browne or Ralph Nader is the best candidate, most in tune with our own feelings, actually vote for them? No. Instead, most of us vote the “lesser of two evils” - a defensive vote, rather than an offensive one.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.
A Presidential race will never be decided by one vote. And if, by some mathematical chance it got that close, it would be decided politically by Congress.
The most successful third party in the 20th Century was the Socialist Party. While never winning any significant elections, their small but growing vote totals were a threat to the Democrats. Thus the Democrats, and then later the Republicans, adopted piecemeal every major tenet of the 1916 Socialist Party platform.
-- John O.
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/15/2000/130/1/18
But how do most of us vote? Do the majority of those who believe Harry Browne or Ralph Nader is the best candidate, most in tune with our own feelings, actually vote for them? No. Instead, most of us vote the “lesser of two evils” - a defensive vote, rather than an offensive one.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.
A Presidential race will never be decided by one vote. And if, by some mathematical chance it got that close, it would be decided politically by Congress.
The most successful third party in the 20th Century was the Socialist Party. While never winning any significant elections, their small but growing vote totals were a threat to the Democrats. Thus the Democrats, and then later the Republicans, adopted piecemeal every major tenet of the 1916 Socialist Party platform.
-- John O.