And if the alternatives are just as bad (because, you know, they are)? Your own Libertarian veep candidate, William Weld, said that “this is not the time to cast a jocular or feel-good vote.”
Yes, 3rd party votes do count… until you stop to consider the Electoral vote and the ‘Winner-Take-All’ provision… or the “corrupt bargain” as it was called when first utilized in 1824, a deal in the House of Representatives that gave John Quincy Adams the presidency despite his winning fewer popular and electoral votes than Andrew Jackson. Take California for a hypothetical example, over 39 million people, most populous state in our country. It has 55 Electoral votes. Let’s project that Democrats win 24 Electoral votes (43.6%), Republicans win 22 Electoral votes (40%), and Independents win 9 Electoral votes (16.4%). Democrats having less than half but majority of any group is awarded ALL 55 Electoral votes, or everybody’s vote; including the 56.4% that voted Republican or Independent in California. All go towards the Democratic candidate, Nice coup and it’s still legitimate and legal, but is it really fair? I could be wrong, but I’ve had nobody that could explain how the Winner-Take-All provision of the Electoral College system, devised long before our present instantaneous global communicative technological age could still be relevant, beneficial or… fair. http://www.fairvote.org/how-the-electoral-college-became-winner-take-all. And how does Gov. Jerry Brown’s declaration that non-citizens can vote in California’s presidential election potentially shift the balance of the popular vote in determining where the electoral delegate should place that vote?
Even if you could do away with political parties, there would still be coalitions, alliances, secret deals and voting blocks. Except it wouldn’t be as visible.
Voting third party takes away from the primaries and make it easier for the one you don’t want in power in power otherwise. You don’t want Trump there is no one like him to ever run for president.
Thirdbase about 8 years ago
And those two minor parties didn’t do any better.
Aleppo? Aleppo?
And Miss Stein has been arrested once this year already.
Brian K about 8 years ago
However, our economy is screwed
Christopher Shea about 8 years ago
And if the alternatives are just as bad (because, you know, they are)? Your own Libertarian veep candidate, William Weld, said that “this is not the time to cast a jocular or feel-good vote.”
timbob2313 Premium Member about 8 years ago
So how about the actual film of DT assaulting a beauty contestant. Or will the MSM ignore that.
dogday Premium Member about 8 years ago
Scott Stantis, bless you for demonstrating that the verb “are” is alive and well, and how to use it.
Radical-Knight about 8 years ago
Yes, 3rd party votes do count… until you stop to consider the Electoral vote and the ‘Winner-Take-All’ provision… or the “corrupt bargain” as it was called when first utilized in 1824, a deal in the House of Representatives that gave John Quincy Adams the presidency despite his winning fewer popular and electoral votes than Andrew Jackson. Take California for a hypothetical example, over 39 million people, most populous state in our country. It has 55 Electoral votes. Let’s project that Democrats win 24 Electoral votes (43.6%), Republicans win 22 Electoral votes (40%), and Independents win 9 Electoral votes (16.4%). Democrats having less than half but majority of any group is awarded ALL 55 Electoral votes, or everybody’s vote; including the 56.4% that voted Republican or Independent in California. All go towards the Democratic candidate, Nice coup and it’s still legitimate and legal, but is it really fair? I could be wrong, but I’ve had nobody that could explain how the Winner-Take-All provision of the Electoral College system, devised long before our present instantaneous global communicative technological age could still be relevant, beneficial or… fair. http://www.fairvote.org/how-the-electoral-college-became-winner-take-all. And how does Gov. Jerry Brown’s declaration that non-citizens can vote in California’s presidential election potentially shift the balance of the popular vote in determining where the electoral delegate should place that vote?
Wilde Bill about 8 years ago
Even if you could do away with political parties, there would still be coalitions, alliances, secret deals and voting blocks. Except it wouldn’t be as visible.
gammaguy about 8 years ago
“… and there are alternatives.”.They are alternative candidates. They are not alternative potential winners.
WestNYC Premium Member about 8 years ago
More Republicans than Democrats will vote 3rd party this time. The GOP nominee is wholly unacceptable.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 8 years ago
Voting third party takes away from the primaries and make it easier for the one you don’t want in power in power otherwise. You don’t want Trump there is no one like him to ever run for president.
jbmlaw01 about 8 years ago
I wish Darsan would cite something Hillary did competently. So far as I can determine, she is as incompetent as the incumbent.