Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
I don't see what's wrong with voting for a third party candidate, even if they have so little chance of winning.
Morally, there's nothing wrong with a third party vote. But the electoral college is set up in such a way that voting for a third party candidate is effectively throwing your vote away. Even if a majority of the people in your state vote for that person (which will almost certainly not happen), each state has only a small representation in the electoral college, so TL;DR, third party candidates are unfortunately not going to get anywhere. While technically voting for anyone is making your voice heard, your voice is a heck of a lot more likely to carry when you vote for either the Republican or Democratic candidate. I'm with Corey on this one; if you don't at least try to take action to prevent an outcome you don't want, you aren't in a particularly good position to complain if that outcome occurs.

I personally agree that the current system is a load of crap and needs a massive overhaul, and that our political arena needs to be open rather than being dominated by the rich and well-connected. However, in my not-so-humble opinion, right now we need to be focused on not electing a racist, misogynistic hatemonger who's probably going to start World War III because someone justly insulted his toupee.

EDIT: I forgot to mention this, but I find myself aligning with the right end of the political spectrum on most issues, though given the state of the party right now I don't deign to call myself a Republican. The fact that I am actively rooting for the Democratic candidate and nearly have panic attacks when I think of the Republican candidate winning is... telling, I think.