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Originally Posted by Radar
The vast majority of non-libertarian supporters of Badnarik are Republicans who are disgusted by Bush so a vote for Badnarik is not the same as a vote for Bush. In fact a vote for Badnarik is often one less vote for Bush.
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Well, that may be true in many cases, but it isn't true in my particular case, since my vote wouldn't have gone to Bush anyway.
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Originally Posted by Radar
Like it or not we have more than 2 parties and caving in and voting for the lesser of two evils does not make the best choice "noise". Although it is noice. It's the loud noise of people shouting that they won't take the same old shit from government.
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Here's how I look at it... in America's current political climate, a Libertarian candidiate cannot win by my reckoning. With luck that won't always be true, but it
is the sad reality right now. Consequently, to cast a vote for a Libertarian candidate effectively nullifies that vote. With that in mind, consider this... what if Bush were to win by a margin smaller than the number of voters who vote Libertarian? In that situation, if all those Libertarian votes had been cast for Kerry instead, Bush would have lost.
There is too much riding on it this year to vote for someone who can't win... the highest priority for me is to get Bush out, even if it means a bland, mediocre guy like Kerry is in the White House for awhile.
This discussion is all irrelevant anyway, since the electoral college makes the American voter pretty much impotent in such matters.