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(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.

Not really. If he reaches 5% nationally, he opens up his party to more federal funding for elections, which would be huge. That's not throwing your vote away if you want a third party to be able to compete. 

55% of Republican primary voters did not choose Trump. It's unfair to suggest they did not try to get involved. 

Also, a vote for your conscience is never a wasted vote.