badgenome on 03 September 2012
| Mr Khan said: Spoilers don't seem to do much good for anyone, if you mean in terms of trying to influence the platform of one of the big two. Look at the RNC and that scripted "vote" on the new rules that essentially crush non-mainstream candidates in primaries now and forever. |
I mean in general. The current duopoly allows for very heated but extremely narrow arguments. Third parties breaking that up would be a good thing.
And sure, the RNC can squash Ron Paul when the most his supporters can do is start a noisy little floor fight that they can't possibly win. But totally hypothetically, if enough people were to write in Ron Paul to cost Romney the election, then it would behoove the Republicans to do more to woo Paul supporters.
