If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election?

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Poll: How would/will you vote in 2016 U.S. presidential election? This poll is closed.
Oh, I'll vote alright. But only for an anti-liberal Republican. Government belongs in your bedroom, not your cash register.	0%	0	0%
Oh, I'll vote alright for whoever wins the Democratic nomination. I'm a realist who embraces incremental change by necessity.	45.71%	16	45.71%
Oh, I'll vote alright, but definitely not for one of the major parties. No progress is possible without changing the paradigm.	0%	0	0%
Oh, I'll vote alright, for the person I think will best lead the country regardless of party affiliation.	28.57%	10	28.57%
No way. It doesn't do any good. I never get my way. Waaaahh.	0%	0	0%
No way. Anarchy forever. Bring down the machine.	2.86%	1	2.86%
No way. I ignore politics altogether and try to live a simple, local and real life.	2.86%	1	2.86%
I don't know.	5.71%	2	5.71%
What's an election?	0%	0	0%
Other goddammit, o-t-h-e-r!. Stupid polls never include my preference!	14.29%	5	14.29%
Total		35 vote(s)	100%

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If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election?

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RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election?

April 28, 2015 at 12:00 pm

(April 27, 2015 at 10:47 pm)Chuck Wrote: It's not an honorable fight, much less a good fight, if by fighting, the fighter greatly increases the probability of a worse outcome befalling those who did not chose to fight than they would otherwise have suffered, while affording only a very marginal probability, if that, of improving the lot of either the fighters or the bystander.

I don't see that going along with the duopoly presents a better alternative. Voting for either of the two parties is voting for the "worse outcome" that you worry about in this post.

Quote:Far from an honorable or a good fight, such a fight is nothing more than the self-indulgent but impotent scream at the unfairness, with the added problem of the damage it inflicts upon others, rather than coolly calculated manipulation of the odds to maximize the chance for the good.

I disagree. Trying to change the system through voting for the status quo is like fighting for peace or fucking for virginity. Voting third-party inflicts no damage on others, and while it may be an "impotent scream", it at least is not silent acquiescence.

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If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Whateverist - April 23, 2015 at 11:26 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by c172 - April 23, 2015 at 12:18 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Chad32 - April 23, 2015 at 12:35 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Alex K - April 23, 2015 at 12:36 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Pyrrho - April 25, 2015 at 10:22 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Minimalist - April 26, 2015 at 11:33 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Longhorn - April 23, 2015 at 12:37 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by polar bear - April 23, 2015 at 1:58 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Chad32 - April 23, 2015 at 2:19 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Natachan - April 25, 2015 at 9:55 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Polaris - April 25, 2015 at 9:58 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 26, 2015 at 1:17 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Lucanus - April 26, 2015 at 4:03 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by JuliaL - April 26, 2015 at 7:54 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by abaris - April 26, 2015 at 8:02 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by AFTT47 - April 26, 2015 at 9:53 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Chad32 - April 26, 2015 at 12:00 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by bennyboy - April 26, 2015 at 5:07 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 26, 2015 at 12:40 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by AFTT47 - April 26, 2015 at 5:01 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 26, 2015 at 5:26 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Polaris - April 27, 2015 at 7:30 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Longhorn - April 26, 2015 at 12:52 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by henryp - April 26, 2015 at 5:20 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Chad32 - April 26, 2015 at 5:30 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Minimalist - April 26, 2015 at 5:35 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 26, 2015 at 8:57 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Chad32 - April 26, 2015 at 5:45 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Whateverist - April 27, 2015 at 10:56 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by henryp - April 26, 2015 at 5:57 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Minimalist - April 26, 2015 at 6:15 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Chad32 - April 26, 2015 at 6:29 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by IanHulett - April 26, 2015 at 7:06 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Minimalist - April 27, 2015 at 7:44 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 27, 2015 at 8:40 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Chad32 - April 27, 2015 at 7:51 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Anomalocaris - April 27, 2015 at 10:47 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 28, 2015 at 12:00 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by AFTT47 - April 28, 2015 at 12:26 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Minimalist - April 27, 2015 at 11:12 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Whateverist - April 28, 2015 at 12:16 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Jericho - April 28, 2015 at 2:41 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Pyrrho - April 28, 2015 at 8:44 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Anomalocaris - April 28, 2015 at 9:46 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by thesummerqueen - April 28, 2015 at 8:54 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Minimalist - April 28, 2015 at 12:06 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Thumpalumpacus - April 28, 2015 at 5:06 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Minimalist - April 28, 2015 at 11:43 pm

If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by KUSA - April 28, 2015 at 12:55 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Minimalist - April 28, 2015 at 1:03 pm

If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by KUSA - April 28, 2015 at 1:12 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Minimalist - April 28, 2015 at 1:15 pm

If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by KUSA - April 28, 2015 at 2:31 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Pyrrho - April 28, 2015 at 3:07 pm

If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by KUSA - April 28, 2015 at 4:38 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Whateverist - April 28, 2015 at 8:56 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Polaris - April 28, 2015 at 9:47 pm

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Fidel_Castronaut - April 29, 2015 at 6:03 am

RE: If you were or are a Murican, how would you vote in the 2016 election? - by Polaris - April 29, 2015 at 7:16 pm

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