Third Party Politics

The majority is all that matters. That's the definition of unelectable.

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Originally Posted by icarusfall

If I can be crude for a moment: Fuck God.

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Remember, ladies and gentlemen, I didn't say this.

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Originally Posted by Nomi

Yeah, for the majority. I won't vote for any of them for that reason alone though, so it goes both ways.

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Do a write-in and vote for yourself. If you can't bring yourself to be a realist enough to buckle down and pick the person closest to your views, then pick the one person you KNOW represents your best interests. Don't skip your chance to vote, it may seem pointless but if you believe in this American experiment it's kind of a duty.

If you really don't give a shit, then just don't even bother. Stay at home and eat nachos. Just don't complain in the future.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

Remember, ladies and gentlemen, I didn't say this.

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I didn't either, but I won't argue with it.

I never said I didn't agree, I just didn't want to be labeled as a Christian basher again. It's so easy it's like being accused of outsmarting the retarded.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

Do a write-in and vote for yourself. If you can't bring yourself to be a realist enough to buckle down and pick the person closest to your views, then pick the one person you KNOW represents your best interests.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

Do a write-in and vote for yourself. If you can't bring yourself to be a realist enough to buckle down and pick the person closest to your views, then pick the one person you KNOW represents your best interests. Don't skip your chance to vote, it may seem pointless but if you believe in this American experiment it's kind of a duty.

If you really don't give a shit, then just don't even bother. Stay at home and eat nachos. Just don't complain in the future.

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I want to vote, and I want to give a shit about politics, it's just very hard to sometimes with all the shit that flies around. Even getting accurate, unbiased information on what the candidates actually support is a huge pain sometimes. I'm doing that now, figuring out which guy I hate less and going for that. It just bites when there's one big issue that pisses you off that you have to overlook due to no alternatives.

You'll get used to compromising. Bush is nowhere near conservative enough for my tastes, but he sure as hell was better than Gore or Kerry.

Kerry was awful, but atleast he wasn't Bush.

You guys give the multi-party system too much credit. Puerto Rico has had 3 parties for over 50 years and all it means is that you have 3 dipshits doing nothing instead of two. Nothing changes.

As sad as it is, third parties are essentially a joke. In North Carolina, if you vote for one you are technically wasting your vote as well as practically. This is even worse considering that the Republican and Democrat platforms are pretty much indistinguishable for all intents and purposes at this point. The left/right conflict is a sad mummer's farce that needs to be left behind.

It has been effectively demonstrated time and again that third-party politicians have little chance under our system, and too many parties usually lead to dictatorships. I often wonder though, how viable a non-partisan system would be. Does anyone know of any republics in the worldthat don't use political parties or know of any books theorizing how non-partison elections and government might work?