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(08-13-2016, 01:33 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: 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.

Exactly Pat, and there are A LOT of voters out there who don't even know who Stein or Johnson even are.  I had a conversation with one just a couple of weeks ago.  I even managed to convince her to at least research them and decide for herself if she would stick with the duopoly or step across the aisle.

Having worked on one of these campaigns at a state level, I can tell you the biggest obstacle is media acknowledgement.  The Courier Journal (Louisville's lead paper, and biggest in the state) wouldn't even acknowledge our candidacy in their list of competitors for the gubernatorial bid.  This was a guy well known in Kentucky, somewhat nationally known in hemp circles, and had more than triple the required signatures on a petition to be on the ballot.  Why?  He didn't take corporate donations, and set a cap on private donations.  However, the difference here, he was allowed to debate, and scored the highest percentage in state history for an independent on the back end of the debates.

Until the Debate Commission is disbanded, and an independent, non partisan entity is over the nationally televised debates, these problems of getting your name out there if you aren't a sellout will continue to plague us.  If you are on the requisite number of ballots, you should be allowed to debate, PERIOD.  Once the people have heard ALL stances, platforms, and voices, let them decide....not the mainstream media and mudslinging tv ads.  FTS.