In case you are counting…..6 days to go…..
I am told by many that I am farting in the wind with the Green Party….but I cannot in good conscience vote for a murdering cow or an ego-centric toad….but that is just me.
This election has shown that the two party system is worthless for they do not represent the people’s desires……instead they run for office on fears and insecurities…..
Sadly most will not take that into consideration before they vote….they will trot down and vote the way the media wants them to vote….they will do as they are told.
Most are proud that they are “independent” but that is a con job….they will inevitably vote for one of the two major parties….that makes them undecided not independent.
The major candidates are worthless and the worse possible examples for us to follow…but we, the voter, have other choices…..sad part is that most of the country is too timid or brainwashed to vote for a better person…..and there are MUCH better persons in this election.
We were treated to a double “October surprise” on Friday, Oct. 7.
The video of Donald Trump crowing that his celebrity status entitles him to assault women slightly eclipsed Hillary Clinton‘s leaked speeches. But we still learned that Clinton holds “public and private positions,” that her populist promises regarding free trade, preserving Social Security, and checking the power of Wall Street probably won’t survive Inauguration Day.
Millions of voters have figured out that the two major parties don’t represent them. They’re right. It’s not a two-party system, it’s a two-party racket.
They’re frustrated with a choice that, we’re told, is limited to two nominees with deep disapproval ratings. Voter dissatisfaction is reflected in polls that show broad support for a choice of more than two on the ballot.
Source: A Good Year to Go Green (Party) | TheHill
You DO have a choice…..why not exercise that choice and send a message? Voting for either of the Big Two is NOT sending a message….it is more like coping out!
If you are dumb enough to vote major parties then do NOT bitch about it after the election…it was your choice and YOU FUCKED IT UP! PERIOD!
I am trying to understand the logic of voting for an alternative choice when it is statistically impossible for the alternative choice to win the election. Isn’t that more or less throwing away a vote or at the very least conceding the vote to the candidate you oppose? I cannot see the logic in throwing away a vote.
1 vote for Green or Libertarian is 1 vote for Green or Libertarian. Explain to me how not voting for a Democrat or Republican is actually, by your logic, a vote for a Democrat or Republican? See above, believing you’re “throwing away a vote” by going third party is what lobotero refers to as being “brainwashed” by lamestream media.
This year, yes, it is statistically impossible for either Libertarian or Green to win the presidency, I admit that. I’m actually supporting one or both getting to 5% of the popular vote so they achieve “major party” status in 2020, get federal funding, AND get a podium on the debate stage. I’m voting third party and my vote is not being thrown away.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain that to us and I am sincerely grateful for your comment. I hope your party makes its goals for 2020 because it is clear to me that the current “Major” parties aren’t cutting the mustard anymore. But I still content that for the purposes of this 2016 election a vote against one of the major contenders is a vote in favor of their opponent. If the third party had already achieved “Major” status then I could better understand voting for them in this 2016 election.
But having said that, your reasons for casting your vote for your choice makes a lot of sense for the reasons that you have explained and I do appreciate you acknowledging this blog and taking your time to respond. Please come and share often.
And I cannot see the logic of voting for someone I cannot stand….that is a wasted vote