A simple poll

[WeezyBengal]

(10-27-2016, 11:09 AM)Benton Wrote: Not trying to derail, but that's been part of the problem that advances the two party system. 

For decades people only had two parties. They actually had more, but everyone told them they only had two parties so they believed it. And now there's the stigma that voting for anything else is a wasted vote.

At this point in your pole, it's 3 for Trump, 8 for Clinton and 6 for other. If half of those "other" are voting for one candidate, then that's as many as one of the main party candidates. Which is where things are heading. The Repubs and Dems are made up of smaller groups that came together over time to further their beliefs. But there's more and more dissatisfaction growing within each party, leading to more and more third parties. 

Voting for a third party wouldn't be wasting a vote, but it would be casting an irrelevant vote. I dont think I could ever say a vote is a wasted vote. Its your right as an American to vote. 

Would I vote for a third party if there was someone that I actually believed in and thought they had a real legitimate change to win? Absolutely. 

A third party has never won an election. It's not going to happen anytime soon and it may never happen. If there was any year in which the gap would be closed, THIS is the year, and based on polls it isn't even close. 

When it comes to the "stigma" that voting third party is "wasting" a vote, perception is kind of reality.