BF2S Forums Sould you vote, even if you don't want either Canadate to win?

well theres Ralph Nader for you

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

3rd Party votes are not wasted votes - it is that type of mentality that defeats the idea of a 3rd party in a two party-dominated political system.  Show your disdain for the two parties (and/or approval of a 3rd party).  Perhaps it will let them (Dems and Repubs) know that what they are offering isn't good enough for you.

It's true my sister tried really hard to convince me to vote Obama because she said Nader had no chance of winning at all =/
I'm still going to vote for third party whichever candidate from the lot i ultimately choose.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

There are more than two parties listed for President.  You don't have to choose one of the two.

3rd Party votes are not wasted votes - it is that type of mentality that defeats the idea of a 3rd party in a two party-dominated political system.  Show your disdain for the two parties (and/or approval of a 3rd party).  Perhaps it will let them (Dems and Repubs) know that what they are offering isn't good enough for you.

Now there's a fine idea.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

There are more than two parties listed for President.  You don't have to choose one of the two.

3rd Party votes are not wasted votes - it is that type of mentality that defeats the idea of a 3rd party in a two party-dominated political system.  Show your disdain for the two parties (and/or approval of a 3rd party).  Perhaps it will let them (Dems and Repubs) know that what they are offering isn't good enough for you.

Hooray wasting votes in a misinterpretation of the system.

Your voice is not heard in a vote. Your opinion is irrelevant, your individuality is stripped from you, and you become nothing but a number. Thinking you can express your "voice" in a vote is pure folly, no one can know why you didn't vote for either one of the two main candidates. Maybe you're a green nut that thinks Nader would be the best. Maybe you think it's cool to vote for a third party. Maybe you mis-checked the box. Nobody knows, and certainly no one is going to sit up and take notice until they actually lose to a third party. When you vote you aren't saying the person you voted for is the best option, you're saying they're the better option. Play the system, influence the vote in the way that would best benefit you.

You have to express your opinion as an individual if you want to make a difference, and shockingly it takes a little bit more work than voting. Write a column, write a letter, get up on a soap box in the middle of the street, anything you can do to let people know you aren't happy with the way things are. People bringing their vote to impotence while thinking they made a difference is dumb, but if their sense of complacency brought by the wasted vote also precludes them from doing something that matters, well it's moronic.

i voted for obama and felt like throwing up afterwards.  i guess i should have not voted.

Voting for a third party is wasting the vote.  Don't vote at all.

iraq.

TheAussieReaper wrote:

Thinking that a third party vote is a waste so not voting is a self fulfilling prophecy.

Anyone with the analytical skills of the common ground squirrel knows this is not true.

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

usmarine wrote:

iraq.

but

what about iraq?

lets gtfo.  they got money.  and if they cannot behave themselves without a murderous dictator, then oh well.  lesson learned.

Canadate? Nothing good comes from canada.

Last edited by God Save the Queen (2008-10-31 17:29:20)

God Save the Queen wrote:

Canadate? Nothing good comes from canada.

Who won the Canadia election anyway? I swear even random island nations and African countries get more election coverage than Canada

Showing up to vote on election day is compulsory here in Australia. I didn't like either of my local candidates so I drew a quick anarchy sign on the vote and whacked it in.