insomniac17 said:
You have a very bleak outlook on voting 3rd party. For me, it is a statement against something that I don't approve of. If I vote for Romney or Obama, I am saying that I approve of whichever one I pick. But I don't. Therefore, I won't vote for either one. Part of the reason why 3rd parties never do well is because everyone thinks that it's throwing away your vote. You should vote for who you think will do the best job, not just the lesser of two evils. |
Thats a very small part of the reason. The main reason that 3rd paries dont do well is because they dont have a credible campaign. 3rd party candidates can be successful, it just hasnt happened since the 90s and ross perot. Ross perot was leading both clinton and bush at one point before he self destructed, and it is because he had a real effort.
The reason why 3rd parties like johnson arent successful is they dont have money and spend most of the time complaining about lack of coverage instead of actually doing something about it.
Now, come voting day and a 3rd party candidate is actually polling well then i would consider that candidate an option. Otherwise, it is throwing away your vote and your chance to have the lesser of the two evils. Instead, you will just get the bigger evil for 4 years.