Hilary so incompetent State Dept spam filters were blocking her correspondence

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Everyone in a "safe" state who doesn't want to vote for either Clinton or Trump should vote for the third party candidate that suits them best, IMO, rather than not voting. Not only will it give that candidate / party a higher chance of being included in the debates in the next election, it will also increase voter turnout, and remember, there are *lots* of other things being voted on that day.

If you're not in a safe state, you probably have more pressure to vote either Clinton or Trump, depending on which way you tend to lean politically. Don't let people pressure you though; it's your vote, nobody else's. People will try and blame you if the election goes the "wrong" way, but try not to let that affect you, because millions of people decide the election, not one person.

This is my position in a nutshell. I will vote for Clinton if she closes the gap here in Texas to make it a contested state; but if it remains where it is, or widens (which is what I think will happen), then I will vote for Johnson in the hopes that a higher placing results in better respect for alternative parties of any stripe.

The two parties have been at it for a century-and-a-half, and look where we are now.