Many, if not most people, are sick of the main-stream political party (republican-democrat) system. Yet few, judging from election results printed in the “World Almanac” are willing to go another route. I, personally, usually vote libertairian, unless there is another candidate that expresses beliefs close to my own.
This is more of an oppinion survey than a question: Am I “throwng away” my vote by voting Libertairian? (or any other third, fourth or fifth party for that matter?)
I do realize that Lincoln was elected when the Republicans were more or less a third party at the time.
You never ‘throw away’ your vote no matter how you cast it.
I’m not sick of the two party system. I like it a heck of a lot better than a multiparty system where coalitions have to be formed with more radical parties. I consider myself to be liberal, vote Democratic most of the time, but I would much rather see a (within reason) conservative of whatever party win an election than one of those nuts from the Green Party due to a split of the vote.
In sort, I am all for the moderating system of two party democracy.
So yes, I do think voting Libertarian isn’t a smart choice, especially when there generally exists within mainstream parties candidates who would agree with you on a number of issues.
Me? I’m a big believer in the 7-forum system myself. Let’s see how this one does over in Great Debates.
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