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In response to "At the moment, D. -- nm" by Ender

Your vote (or not) choice is yours of course, but I could never skip. Even if I voted third party to show my dissatisfaction with the 'major' options. -- nm*

Posted by ty97 Apr 28 '16, 12:56

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I'm not opposed to that, but at the moment I know of no 3rd party candidate I'd support either. -- nm - Ender Apr 28, 13:28
I've done that before, but I've come to the belief that if you really want to send your party a message, vote for the other side. The larger the - pmb Apr 28, 12:59 3
- This. But I've never had a strong *party* allegiance. I'm more interested in policies and whether they work as intended. - TWuG Apr 28, 13:02 1
  - I feel the same way, but the result is that I've clearly been aligned with the democratic party for long enough that I consider myself a democrat at - pmb Apr 28, 13:11
- Don't know that I could bring myself to do that, even outside a swing state :) -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 13:01
Depending on your state's rules, there are some strict barriers for 3rd parties to even get on the ballot. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 28, 12:58 5
- I've never been in a state that didn't have at least 4 people on the POTUS general election ballot. Are there states where there really are only 2? - ty97 Apr 28, 13:00 4
  - well, there is the Peace and Freedom, Libertarians, Greens, even a Communist Party -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 28, 13:02 1
    - This varies by state is Strongbad's point. Not every party is on every state's ballot. The Greens are only on 20 states (so far) for 2016. - ty97 Apr 28, 13:05
  - Huh, the Green party labels your state 'very challenging' for ballot access -- (link) - ty97 Apr 28, 13:01 1
    - But libertarian party will be on your ballot. -- nm - ty97 Apr 28, 13:02

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Your vote (or not) choice is yours of course, but I could never skip. Even if I voted third party to show my dissatisfaction with the 'major' options. -- nm*

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