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RE: Do you identify as part of the Left, or perhaps a Democrat, or perhaps a Liberal? If so, then this post may be for you.
Nice post and true! The problem is there is only red and blue. Not enough people willing to get out of either the red or blue camp and a system that doesn't encourage more than two parties.
I voted third party in 2016 every chance I had. Then I voted 50/50 between Democrats and Republicans where that was the only choice. In 2018 I didn't vote for any Democrats.
I voted third party in 2012 too, though I was a delegate for Ron Paul. Once he was out of the running I voted Libertarian.
The system is rigged heavily even at the local levels against third parties. The only way those ideas currently have a chance is to infiltrate the two parties.
For clarity. I did vote for Obama in 2008. Then he proceeded to do exactly the opposite of what he campaigned on for every single issue I voted for him on.
Yes. I have voted third party every electiion since at least 2000. Maybe longer with the exception that I voted Paul as a republican one year when he was actually on the ballot in my state (he was allowed on the actual presidential ballot in my state at that time—not write in).
I have tried to convince many that third party is not a “wasted” vote — any more than any other vote— to no avail.