Why dont we vote 3rd party?

[KriegHund]

I have a dream- a dream of one day creating an 'american patriots' party. *edit* thats already taken. Ill have to think of something else! Darn.

That aside-

Why dont people vote 3rd party? We whine and moan about republicrats and democins, but alot of us vote time and time again for the same olds.

Is it due to lake of publicity? Fear of the unkown? or just the common thought that 'not enough people vote for 3rds partys so im wasting my vote' (ironies abound here...)?

Huh, i can imagine the poster now...
Tired of republicrats and democins?
Vote for the American Patriots party
This november!

Or

PC BS just too much?
Vote American Patriots party!

Anyways.....

How many of YOU vote third party? Ill be able to vote by 2007, and i plan on it.

 

[R.H. Lee]

I plan to vote 3rd party next time. And before you accuse me of 'throwing my vote away', remember, it's mine to throw away. If I give it to the Republicans as I've been doing for the last 37 years, they turn around and give it to the Democrats and that's not where I want it to go.

 

[steveno]

In my opinion there hasn't been a credible third party to vote for.

 

[CAPTAIN MIKE]

Steveno Makes Good Sense

The problem is that credibility and the ability to WIN the election are key factors to consider. Ross Perot's 3rd Party run captured a lot of votes -- including my own back then, and guess what --- as a result of all the people who voted for Perot, Clinton won the election and had a good laugh for the next 8 years.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

I do vote third party. I voted for Reagan twice, but after that my vote for president has been divided pretty evenly between the libertarian party and the Constitution Party, which used to be called the US Tax Payer Party. I think I am sticking with the Constitution Party from now on.

 

[trueblue1776]

LP

 

[R.H. Lee]

The problem is that credibility and the ability to WIN the election are key factors to consider.

uhhhh.....whoever gets the most electoral votes wins. In other words, if most people vote for the same third party, that party wins.

Ross Perot's 3rd Party run captured a lot of votes -- including my own back then, and guess what --- as a result of all the people who voted for Perot, Clinton won the election and had a good laugh for the next 8 years

No, Clinton won the election because he got the most electoral votes and GHW Bush didn't.

 

[cz75bdneos22]

same thing with why join the NRA? If that is going to be the case can you guesstimate how many political party(factions) will be necessary to represent the voices of Americans for your vote to count...same with the NRA, how many diffrent factions will it take to defend gun owners rights? simplify, focus, participate and compromise...we might just get what we want...your vote counts...just do it! Nike

 

[yonderway]

Since 1996 I've opened up my mind to the idea of voting third party, and have been doing so a fair bit. Haven't voted for a mainstream presidential candidate since #41. I regret the vote for him, now. He's almost as much a gun grabber as the dems, and it's his doing that we have the semi-auto import ban still in effect.

 

[rick_reno]

I voted 3rd party last time, after a 30+ year run of voting straight Republican. I doubt I'll vote Republican again, thanks to this current President and his fellow travelers in Congress. If this is the best we can get, then I've got nothing to lose by voting 3rd party.

 

[cropcirclewalker]

In my opinion there hasn't been a credible third party to vote for.

In my opinion there hasn't been a credible 2nd party to vote for.

There hasn't been a credible 1st party.

If the 1st and 2nd parties are not credible, what'cha got to lose with a third?

 

[Biker]

I voted 3rd party last time, after a 30+ year run of voting straight Republican. I doubt I'll vote Republican again, thanks to this current President and his fellow travelers in Congress. If this is the best we can get, then I've got nothing to lose by voting 3rd party.

Roger that.

Biker

 

[Standing Wolf]

I've been voting Libertarian for years.

 

[orionengnr]

Please go back and re-read the earlier posts

I too voted for Ross Perot...

As did at least 5-6 people I know. That lead directly to WJ Clinton's election, as each of us (and a huge majority of Perot voters overall) would have and should have voted for GHW Bush. Nader steals 1% from Gore, no problem. Perot steals 19% from GHWB, you get what you got.

As much as GW Bush's immigration, 2A and other positions pi$$ me off, I will not help put a second Klinton in the White House.

I will listen, but it's going to take a lot to fool me again, especially when the satkes are what they are...

 

[Lupinus]

I will probably vote libertarian for locals and state as for the house that will likly be libertarian too. Senate and Pres I'm not sure. Frankly I would rather them forget about thsoe right now and focus on state elections and congress where it is winnable to gain power and noterity.

 

[yonderway]

As did at least 5-6 people I know. That lead directly to WJ Clinton's election, as each of us (and a huge majority of Perot voters overall) would have and should have voted for GHW Bush. Nader steals 1% from Gore, no problem. Perot steals 19% from GHWB, you get what you got.

At least Clinton's gun bans had a sunset. GHWB's bans had no such sunset clause, so we still enjoy them today.

 

[GoRon]

The folks who vote for 3rd party candidates are those who have written the country off.

They have no hope.

To them quickening the inevitable take over of the country by euro style leftists through voting 3rd party is preferable to compromising their so dearly held convictions.

Truth be told I am not far from losing all hope and voting third party. To me it is an admission of failure and I am not ready to quit yet.

I am not so blinded by my idealogy that I can no longer see a difference between Republicans and Democrats.

 

[CentralTexas]

The folks who vote for 3rd party candidates are those who have written the country off.

They have no hope.

To them quickening the inevitable take over of the country by euro style leftists through voting 3rd party is preferable to compromising their so dearly held convictions.

Truth be told I am not far from losing all hope and voting third party. To me it is an admission of failure and I am not ready to quit yet.

I am not so blinded by my idealogy that I can no longer see a difference between Republicans and Democrats.

I vote Libertarian not becuase i have written the country off, but the Dems & Repubs don't represent me. A vote for the lesser of two evils is still a vote for evil.
CT

 

[CentralTexas]

The folks who vote for 3rd party candidates are those who have written the country off.

They have no hope.

To them quickening the inevitable take over of the country by euro style leftists through voting 3rd party is preferable to compromising their so dearly held convictions.

Truth be told I am not far from losing all hope and voting third party. To me it is an admission of failure and I am not ready to quit yet.

I am not so blinded by my idealogy that I can no longer see a difference between Republicans and Democrats.

I vote Libertarian not because I have written the country off, but the Dems & Repubs don't represent me. A vote for the lesser of two evils is still a vote for evil.
CT

 

[GoRon]

A vote for the lesser of two evils is still a vote for evil.

The libertarians come with their own host of "evils" so the bumper sticker slogan doesn't wash.

Open borders and uregulated drug trade are non starters for most folks.

 

[Biker]

Open borders and uregulated drug trade are non starters for most folks.

Ain't that pretty much what we have now, even with the WOD?
Biker

 

[CentralTexas]

The libertarians come with their own host of "evils" so the bumper sticker slogan doesn't wash.

Open borders and uregulated drug trade are non starters for most folks.

We already have open borders and unless the whole aArmy is on patrol always will as long as Mexico is a failure of a country.
What we advocate is a program of common sense and documentation and adding their taxes in with Americans instead of sending it back to Mexico as your party allows (whatever party that is).

Drug Trafficking? Without black market profit margins it will go away.
Read up on prohibition in ths country and the criminal explosion that followed in black market hooch. It also left us with the Kennedys....

Feel free to never take a gamble if it makes you happy, I'm willing to try something new when the old is a proven failure.
CT

 

[yonderway]

Open borders and uregulated drug trade are non starters for most folks.

So you didn't vote for GWB then?

 

[The Drew]

Why don't we vote 3rd party?

some of us do, however the rest of us seem to be married to parties that seem to betray us every chance they get....

 

[Sindawe]

Why don't we vote 3rd party?

Because its ALWAYS the "Most important election of our time" and "Just think what would happen if 'The Other Guy' were elected, 'Our Guy' may not be perfect, but he's the lesser of two evils".
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Ain't that pretty much what we have now, even with the WOD?

But Biker, just think of the message we'd be sending our kids if we legitimized the drug trade? Opps, time for another beer, and I'm almost out of smokes.