Would you throw away your vote for a political statement.
When Perot and Nader ran, did the people who voted for them waste their vote, did they inadvertantly actually vote for one of the others, since their vote did not go to one of the others? Hope that made sense.
2007-04-12 07:41:00 · 16 answers · asked by rmagedon 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Over the past 16 years congress has voted along party lines over 67% of the time, if you voted for the person he would vote with the party regardless of why you voted for him, in other words you had been deceived, so why not just vote the party you agree with most.
2007-04-12 08:01:25 · update #1
As long as congress is controlled by corrupt career politicians we will NEVER have a viable third party. Only when we have turnover and citizen legislators will we have a chance of dissenting views winning seats, and there are only two ways, vote them out which is failing or term limits which they will not agree to, so we are going to have to vote for the new guy, regardless of party. Can you do that?
2007-04-12 08:03:26 · update #2
No. I do not like to waste my time. I can't make this decision for anyone else, however.
I chose to not vote for Perot when he ran, because I believed it was giving the election to Clinton. I wonder how many people who voted for Perot meant to vote for Clinton. But that's just me.
EDIT: To people who say that people who vote party lines are not thinking, this is just not a fair statement. The fact is, individuals each have issues more important to them than others. Find your important issues and vote for the party that platforms on them. And let some of the nit-picking go.
2007-04-12 07:44:34 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have NOT voted for an independent candidate I liked because I knew this person had NO chance of winning against the other local yocals, but I did choose the lesser of the 2 evils to make my vote count. So I guess the answer is NO.
It is a tough decision to skip bipartisanship and try to forge a new path. I think I'd rather just promote a candidate with the better ideology within a party that had a chance of winning.
2007-04-12 14:52:08 · answer #2 · answered by ... 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. But I don't consider it "throwing my vote away.
By voting for thrid party candidates it shows the two big parties they have competition. It also gets the party an automatic line in future elections if they get above a certain percentage (which varies by state but is usually around 5%)
If you support a third party vote for it regardless of the likely outcome. No one will vote for third party candidates until people start voting for third party candidates.
2007-04-12 14:50:25 · answer #3 · answered by J Angelica 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I would never vote for someone with 0 or 1% chance of winning, but maybe someone with a slim chance of winning, like the middle candidates. I don't necessarily have to just vote for the top two for example. In fact, right now I like John Edwards the most, so I hope people will all vote for him and not just vote for those with the most press!
2007-04-12 14:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by Karen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Voting isn't about being on the winning team, it's about voting for the best possible candidate. If you vote for the one you think will win and not for the best then you have thrown away your vote. The guy that doesn't have a chance of winning will definitely lose with people voting that mentality, however, by voting for who is the best choice could make that one a winner.
2007-04-12 14:51:14 · answer #5 · answered by Alan S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well in the last 8 years that's happened a lot. Ha! kidding kidding, or am I? I'll vote for whoever I agree with most, despite their chances. In some cases where it looks particularly gloomy, I will vote for someone where my vote will not end up being a complete loss and choose the lesser evil
2007-04-12 14:46:53 · answer #6 · answered by CreakingUniverse 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a protest vote I have and would do it again.
For example in 1980 I was not happy with Jimmy Carter and knew better than to vote for Reagan so I voted for a third party candidate that obviously had no chance of winning. I voted so felt I had the right to complain whichever of the front runners won.
2007-04-12 14:46:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If more people would think and not just vote for party, no vote would be wasted and we might not be in the mess we are in now.
2007-04-12 14:53:00 · answer #8 · answered by jackie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If Hillary and McCain get the nod I will wast my vote and vote Independent.
2007-04-12 16:01:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they truly had no chance of winning, the only logical answer would then be to vote for the lesser of all of the electable evils....If you wanted that particular election process to benefit you.
2007-04-12 14:49:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋