Voted Libertarian in both '16 and '20. Yes, I know, I was throwing away my vote and could just as well have saved myself a little effort by leaving that section blank.
This year, for the first time ever, I saw some Democratic candidates I would have been willing to vote for, but they all dropped out.
Bingo. If there where two reasonable main party candidates, go ahead and make your statement with a third party vote. That was not the case here. You have a choice of Campbells Soup, Filet Mignon, or a shit sandwich. You KNOW that if you vote for the Filet, you are more likely to get the shit sandwich. And that’s just what we got.
I should add I was not worried Biden would lose .
Trivia: I have been voting since 1980. In all that time only once has a guy I voted for won my state of NC and also won the election - Obama in 2008.
My state is Ohio.
Ultimately, anyone who voted third party in the 2020 Presidential election fills roughly the same role in our national political discourse as my 7-year-old fills in our household budget discussions. We’re happy to hear his opinion, we’re certainly not going to get mad at him about it, and once he’s said his piece the adults will do our best to keep things moving for his sake as well as ours.