I'll Vote Trump in the Election: Here's Why You Should Too

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[–][deleted] 23 insightful - 2 fun23 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

There are a lot of things I don't like about Trump but there's no way I'm voting for the party that creates riots as a strategy to win the election.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I know people don't like to hear it, but voting third party or write in really IS throwing your vote away. Sometimes...most times in fact, you just vote for the lesser evil.

[–]merc 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This kind of thinking is what gets us to the point we are at. Trump v. Clinton, Trump v. Biden, etc.

The only thing stopping a third party from having success is the insistence that a third party can't have success.

[–]Earl_Harbinger 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed, but the best way to support/start a third party is to get organized and elect people on the local level and work your way up.

[–]merc 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know you mean well, but honestly I think that's just more bipartisan propaganda.

Here in Minnesota we elected Ventura (Reform Party) as governor in '98. He was the last third-party governor in the US (other than a couple independents who I don't count). The Reform Party was Ross Perot's party, definitely more of a top-down style than grassroots, and it was the only good third party we've had in the country in the last century. It was decidedly not concentrated on local politics.

In another vein, voting for third parties in national elections is a great way to support them. At certain thresholds of support they get access to federal election funding (5%), debate access (15%), and so on. Using your vote to increase the voice of a third party, as well as show discontent with the current discourse, seems like a fine choice to me.