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In response to "So, as ST's resident Kentuckian and sort of a politician, I'm afraid that the excellent and interesting discussion on B2 had very little to do with" by emoticripple

So because he wasn't liberal enough you stayed home so the guy on the far right would win instead?

Posted by spamlet Nov 4 '15, 07:16

I really, really don't understand this mindset.

"I don't totally agree with this guy so I'm going to let someone I think will ruin the state win instead"

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We've lived in fear for long enough, and rewarding the good ol' boy network just because they register Democratic is part of why we're in the state we - emoticripple Nov 4, 07:23
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- That's the case in voting for one of the two. Not voting at all knowing that the person you like least is going to win is lunacy. -- nm - spamlet Nov 4, 07:23 13
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    - So, the message here is if you don't like either candidate, you shouldn't vote at all? -- nm - Jim Nov 4, 07:28 3
      - In our election, people were advised to spoil their ballots if they felt this way. And we have vastly more choice ... - Beryllium Nov 4, 07:29
      - *agrees with this* -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:29
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    - (TBF, there's a ton of this reasoning I hear from people for supporting Clinton) -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 07:28
    - You're not going to disagree with them on everything. You pick the least bad of the options. -- nm - spamlet Nov 4, 07:28
  - Well, I can only speak for myself, but I voted for the independent candidate who, while inexperienced and imperfect, ran the most thoughtful campaign. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 4, 07:24 5
    - Well, that's not "not voting". -- nm - Jim Nov 4, 07:26 2
      - He said many didn't; not he didn't (at least from what I read). -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:32 1
        
        But spammy's point was that not voting at all was lunacy. Casting the 3rd party vote is absolutely the way to let it be known that you don't like the - Jim Nov 4, 07:34
    - In your case, that's different. When you said stayed at home, I assume you meant didn't vote at all. -- nm - spamlet Nov 4, 07:26 1
      - No, I just didn't give money or knock on doors. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 4, 07:36
"Well I believe I'll give my vote to a third party!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 07:18 2
- I wish more people would. I do. Rather often. -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 07:28
- Go ahead. Throw your vote away -- nm - Kang and/or Kodos Nov 4, 07:19

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