Reasons why voting Libertarian (or another third party) is not "wasting" your vote.

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sc94597 said:

 I don't know where you got the redneck conotation from, 

It's not obvious?

Plus I read what Americans think libertarianism is all the time, especially that Ron Paul guy from a few years ago. It is neo-liberalism, not libertarianism. A good example is American libertarians seem to be very anti-estate tax, which is one of the core issues that actual libertarians fought to have implemented in the first place.

 

And yes, my post addresses your topic perfectly. The US electoral system is not set up to accomodate multiple parties very well. If for example, Democrats had 52% of the vote, and Republicans 48, if 5% of the Democrats decide to vote for a third party to stop Republicans instead, then you have Democrats at 47% and Republicans winning at 48%. Those 5% votes are as valuable as if they were thrown in the garbage. Only the two leading parties matter, there's no room for a third to do anything other than to make a minority party win a majority government. The only way third parties can reasonably integrate is if they have regional dominance; For example, the Texas party, and maybe Texas and the surrounding Texas-like states overwhelmingly support them, then they could win some territory and have a meaningful impact. Otherwise they're just garbage cans for votes. The US needs to have a real electoral system if they want multiple parties to matter.