RE: Live stream of Dem Convention.
July 27, 2016 at 10:00 am
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2016 at 10:02 am by Tiberius.)
(July 27, 2016 at 1:35 am)Maelstrom Wrote: Only idiots will vote for Trump. After all, there are only two options from which to choose, unless you think the majority will magically write in Bernie's name. Good luck with that. Seriously, learn that a dem is always better than a repub.
A poisoned dem campaign as opposed to a poisoned repub campaign?
How are you this dumb?
Only two options from which to choose?!? How are you this dumb that you think you can lecture people about politics when you can't even count the number of candidates? There are 4 major parties which are on the ballot in a large number of states (Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Greens), and then there are at least 16 other minor parties which are on the ballot in a few states.
There are *plenty* of options to choose from. Now, not all options have a realistic chance of winning, but in the US political system, winning isn't the only thing that's important. If any party gets 5% of the popular vote, they get access to federal election funding in the next election. There's a real chance of that happening this year for the Libertarians and quite possibly the Greens.
Since the President isn't elected by popular vote, but instead by the electoral college, people in non-swing states, especially if the state is expected to elect a Democrat or a Republican in a landslide, can safely cast their vote for a third party and not affect the outcome of the election at all.
I'm sick of hearing that if I'm against Hillary, I'm somehow pro-Trump. I despise them both, I don't think either would make a good President. I'm allowed to have that opinion. I'm allowed to support a third party. Vote however you want, but my vote is my vote, not yours.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta...oral_votes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta...oral_votes
(July 27, 2016 at 1:41 am)Maelstrom Wrote: And Bernie still supports Hillary. *drops mike*
I'm not Bernie Sanders. I would have supported writing in Sanders, but it's clear that he doesn't want that, so I'll respect the man enough not to do it or encourage it, but I won't vote Clinton or support voting Clinton unless you're in a swing state and you want to avoid Trump.