Voting 3rd party is a waste because the Electoral College system isn't really designed to work for more than 2 candidates. During the '92 election for example, Ross Perot ran as an independent and got roughly 19% of the popular vote, but didn't win a single state so his electoral vote total was 0. Bill Clinton won the election with only 43% of the popular vote total, but it was a landslide for him with the Electoral votes.
Unless the winner-take-all system that's currently in place was replaced with a proportionate delegate / vote total for each state, a 3rd party candidate stands no chance in a general election unless a candidate from one of the two main parties completely shits the bed and takes his political party down with him.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
