08-13-2016, 12:14 PM
(08-13-2016, 02:34 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Indeed.
However, if Johnson really can't win then a vote for him is, in fact, "throwing your vote away".
I've had this argument many times. There's nothing special or admirable about changing your vote to Johnson, or whatever 3rd party candidate, just because you don't like who the Dems and Repubs nominated. If you really give a shit, then you get involved and you try to make an actual difference.
Otherwise you're basically just a whiner.
I don't see that as the case at all. I feel that by voting for who actually represents closest to what I want, I am getting involved and trying to make a difference. To say he really can't win is not true. Any candidate ca win. Again, it's the brainwashing that you have to vote for one of the two major candidates that prevents anyone else from winning. Why should I vote for the "lesser of two evils" when there is a candidate available who represents my beliefs? You want to get involved and make a difference? Start telling people to really look at all the candidates and vote for the person you think is best for the job like democracy was originally intended....not for one of two candidates who you have been told you have to choose between.
