Setting aside mainiacs sarcasm... I wish people would stop saying this. While realistically there are only two candidates. What if you hate them both equally?
Are you
seriously telling me that you dislike Trump and Clinton
exactly the same amount? Of course you might
dislike them both, I have that feeling too. Clinton's part of the establishment, and
VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN! SANDERS! But Trump is
way worse than Clinton IMO, so I'm voting for Clinton.
...er, I would if I could. Not quite old enough. Next election, and I'll finally get to
participate in a useless activity of choosing between two lizards vote.
What if you really do agree much more with a third party?
So what? I prefer Sanders. But it's effectively a choice between Trump and Clinton now, and I prefer Clinton. That's the way our system works. I don't
like that, but it's the system we have to work with.
What if you're just pissed off at everyone and refuse to back down from the Bernie or bust bandwagon? Why not vote for who you really care about?
What if you can't realize that Sanders is
not going to win, and that voting for him is effectively throwing away your vote? Why not vote for somebody who has more than an ice cube's chance in hell of winning?
I can't conscionably vote for either Trump or Clinton.
Why not? It's a statement of
relative preference. I'd vote for Trump over Hitler, and Hitler over
Santa Satan.
So I'm voting third party.
That is a choice that you have.
It's not a matter of lesser of the two evils.
Ah, but it is. One of them will be in the White House. Which would you rather have there? "Neither" doesn't work.
Neither one is appreciably less evil than the other in my eyes.
Drop the "appreciably." Would you rather have Trump or Clinton? If you can't decide, then don't vote, or vote for Mickey Mouse, or vote for Sanders, or the Man in the Moon. I don't care. But
if enough people choose Sanders over Clinton, Trump will win. There are people who prefer Clinton to Trump, but will still vote for Sanders.
That is a stupid choice.If there were no third parties and no write in, I simply wouldn't vote for either. That's where I stand and I'm certain I'm not alone on that.
Fine. I don't care whether you vote or no.
So stop spouting that nonsense about throwing your vote away. Stop trying to convince people there are only two choices.
It's not nonsense. Voting for Sanders has
absolutely no impact on the race, save that of a spoiler. Voting for Sanders,
if you were never going to vote for Clinton, has
exactly the same impact in this race as voting for the Man in the Moon. It's throwing the vote away. The two choices are - Lizard #1? Or Lizard #2? I dislike them both, but you have to choose. Or don't. But then you're letting other people choose.
Realistically? Yeah, either Trump or Clinton (likely Clinton at this stage) are going to win. But just because I or anyone else doesn't vote for them, that doesn't mean the vote is thrown away. If you cast a vote it goes towards someone.
Tautologies for 500, Alex?
Even if they don't win it still shows support for them or their policies.
There are other ways to do that. These "other ways" also don't involve being a spoiler for Clinton, so that's a plus.
There's also that always important 5% number to hit where they begin to get public campaign funding for future elections.
Indeed, a vote for Sanders has a very minimal impact on later elections. Is that worth getting Trump?
Edit: Filthy ninjas.
Edit: WHAT THE FUCK
MAINIAC IS GONE
WHAT
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