To my fellow Americans - who did you vote for?

[Aegon]

No. That's not the point. Going into an election voting for somebody you know won't win when your state is literally deciding the election is irrational. No realistic mobilization of Johnson voters could ever have dreamt of getting close to getting the state to go for him. Your choice is between Clinton and Trump. All Johnson voters did was frustrate the realists in those states. And when the numbers are so close that Johnson's numbers literally fill the gap between the two candidates, it's inexcusable. Ridiculous.

I voted third party. Not even, I voted for a joke third party candidate. But I live in New York. If I lived in Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Florida, etc. you bet your ass I'd have voted for Clinton.


Michigan:

Trump - 47.6%
Clinton - 47.3%
Johnson - 3.6%

Tell yourself that all you want, friend.

Aegon, this viewpoint is completely irrational.  Swing state or not no voter should feel pressured to vote for a candidate they do not support.  You are saying if you lived in my state you would have changed your vote?  If you support Hillary in Michigan why did you not vote for her in NY?  I don't follow your logic.  You are basically saying your vote doesn't matter and silencing your own voice.  No my vote is NOT dependent on where I live.  My vote is my civic duty to place for the candidate I feel falls most in line with my views.  Whether they have a snowballs chance in hell of winning is irrelevant.

No. You're operating on a fundamental misunderstanding of our electoral system. Your vote is entirely dependent on where you live. That's the nature of the system. 

That being said, if you truly didn't care who won between Trump and Hillary, then fine. Despite the fact that they will have POLAR OPPOSITE effects on the direction of this country. Goodbye environmental sanctions, goodbye healthcare, goodbye same-sex marriage, goodbye women's right to choose. Hello commander-in-chief with no impulse control. Hello head of state with no political experience whatsoever. Hello to an incredibly uncertain future for LGBT people and Muslims. Hell, say hello to an incredibly uncertain future for all of us.

Sorry if I sound upset. I am.