Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama I am not a purist. There is no such thing as a perfect political party, or a president who governs in accordance with one's every ethical judgment. But some actions are so ruinous to human rights, so destructive of the Constitution, and so contrary to basic morals that they are disqualifying. Most of you will
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I already sent in my absentee ballot (I'm overseas) but I ended up going with Obama -- I would have voted Green for more local elections that they actually had some chance of winning but no candidates were running in them. I wasn't completely happy with the decision, though.
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If you vote 3rd party, you may feel good, but ultimately it will have little effect other than to split the vote for the candidate who is closest aligned to you.
I think 3rd party can work, but from the bottom up, not top down.
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We don't vote for third parties because they can't win.
Third parties can't win because we don't vote for them.
C'mon! I thought USA had a sports culture where fans would cheer for the Detroit Lions/Cleavland Browns/Chicago Cubs/Toronto Maple Leafs/etc no matter their chances of actually winning.
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Jesse Ventura 2016!
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IRV could be a good thing, but it too has inherent flaws.
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