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zorroloco 30-Oct-12, 14:09	election i just want to say that i voted today. and i did not vote for obama. i voted for jill stein, the green party candidate. obama has never been my choice. i voted for him last time because the thought of a mccain presidency was too awful to bear. and, if i lived in ohio, virginia, wisconsin, nevada or florida, i would have voted for him again. because the thought of a romney presidency is too awful for me to tolerate. if elected, he will go back to the same ideas that brought us to the economic mess we are fighting back from. worse, he would take women's rights back to the 1950's. but since i live in washington state, and obama is up by a million percentage points here, i am completely disenfranchised by our electoral college system. that frees me to not vote for the lesser of two evils. i ask you, if you are in a state that does not matter to the election, to consider voting for a candidate other than obama or romney, just to make a point that we are tired of the insane two party system we have. i suggest you look at gary johnson, libertarian, jill stein, green party, rocky anderson, justice party or virgil goode, constitution party.
anomalocaris 30-Oct-12, 14:43	Jeff I like it........
itchynscratchy 30-Oct-12, 15:50	For what it's worth, if I were a non-swing state american I would have voted Green too.
zorroloco 30-Oct-12, 15:56	itchy and if you lived in ohio?
itchynscratchy 30-Oct-12, 16:05	That would be tricky, I hate the concept of tactical voting and the two party system, which to an extent we have here (we have a clear, slightly relevent third party but it's unlikely they'll ever win an outright majority). I'd have to choose between my principles and my loathing of the values of the republican right. I'd probably go with Obama and hate myself the next day!
zorroloco 30-Oct-12, 16:11	itchy now you know how i feel   by the way: jill stein: www.youtube.com!
softaire 30-Oct-12, 16:25	By coincidence I voted today also. And I also didn't vote for Obama.
zorroloco 30-Oct-12, 16:33	let me guess you voted constitution party - virgil goode. he is your candidate. he stands for all the same things as you. www.goodeforpresident2012.com or... no. please tell me you did not vote romney. really? but he... you don't.... he said..... your politics and his do not align. why would you vote for him? please do not tell me you voted for him as an anti obama vote. you did? but don't you live in california? your vote is swamped by a bunch of illegals' votes and won't matter.   just kidding. vote for whomever you like.
softaire 30-Oct-12, 21:50	The last time I voted for a 3rd party candidate it cost the Republicans the Presidency and elected Clinton. Even though there are better 3rd party candidates, the election is coming down to one of the two major parties, and so even in California, I'm not doing that again.
illinawek 31-Oct-12, 06:08	I don't see the point of voting for anyone but within the two party system. Hold your nose and make a choice.
zorroloco 31-Oct-12, 06:56	illi what about in a state where my vote means nothing? isn't it better to vote for someone whose politics i agree with?
chaz- 31-Oct-12, 08:34	... when I lived in Washington State, I did the same thing. A one-sided state does give some liberty.

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