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Originally Posted by sperry
The reason that we don't vote for 3rd party candidates isn't to "be on the winning team", it's to pick the lesser of two evils.
Let's say Bush, Gore and my Uncle Bob are running. I *know* Uncle Bob is the best candidate, but since he's unknown to 99.95 of the nation, he won't win. Let's also say I *hate* Gore... so now I'm forced to vote for Bush just to keep Gore out of office. This is indeed what happened to Gore in 2000... since most of the 3rd party candidates were fairly liberal, I bet a lot of those people in Florida that voted 3rd party are kicking themselves.
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I completely understand that line of thinking. Trust me. It has waved my vote away from third party candidates before as well, and I regret it. But at some point we have to start taking responsibility as voters for not having a third party. If you have two candidates that stink, as I believe was the case was in 2000, why not cast a protest vote. A third party that receives a noticable amount of votes will be a bigger catalyst for change than picking the lesser of two evils regardless of your party affiliation.