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comment by tehstone
tehstone  ·  3171 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Bernie Sanders Already Won

I have no delusions that my choice to vote third party will change anything. But I'm not going to give in to a false choice between two options that don't represent my views.





lila  ·  3167 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Voting third party in a general election will not likely get a particular candidate elected but I would not go so far to say that it does not change anything. Voting third party seems to be effective at accomplishing one goal: pushing the the Republican and Democratic parties further right and left respectively. Recent examples include Bernie Sanders support pushing Hillary into a further left position on trade agreements in the primary and Anti establishment Trump and Cruz supporters splitting republican support

user-inactivated  ·  3171 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The lesser evil is less evil.

kleinbl00  ·  3171 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just do me a favor - vote for the guy you want to win the least.

Gregoire won by 129 votes, out of 2.7 million cast.