In truth, we usually do not vote FOR a candidate, we vote AGAINST a candidate by casting a ballot for the one we consider less bad. Yes, I know that smacks of casuistry, but intentions matter.
I believe the circumstances are far too dire this year to allow for a ‘purist’ vote. We will have to choose the ‘good’ over the ‘perfect’ or we will suffer under the ‘unspeakably horrible’.
I used to have high hopes (or at least some hopes) for the 4th option. It was my rationale for supporting Pat Buchanan's Reform Party bid in 2000, with the hope that he could get have a Ross Perot-like showing circa 1992, and come back stronger in 2004. But the burdens the two parties place on any emerging third party are just so heavy. As the late Joe Sobran once wrote "the only private property that's safe in the United States is the ownership the Republicans and Democrats have on the ballot." It seems working within one of the two major parties is the only long-term solution.
In truth, we usually do not vote FOR a candidate, we vote AGAINST a candidate by casting a ballot for the one we consider less bad. Yes, I know that smacks of casuistry, but intentions matter.
In Oregon, Harris is such a lock that the Trump Campaign didn't even bother to submit a writeup to the Voter's Pamphlet.
I'll be voting for Pete Sonski- mainly for #4, but partially for #3 since clearly our voting system is too corrupt for a fair fight.
I believe the circumstances are far too dire this year to allow for a ‘purist’ vote. We will have to choose the ‘good’ over the ‘perfect’ or we will suffer under the ‘unspeakably horrible’.
I used to have high hopes (or at least some hopes) for the 4th option. It was my rationale for supporting Pat Buchanan's Reform Party bid in 2000, with the hope that he could get have a Ross Perot-like showing circa 1992, and come back stronger in 2004. But the burdens the two parties place on any emerging third party are just so heavy. As the late Joe Sobran once wrote "the only private property that's safe in the United States is the ownership the Republicans and Democrats have on the ballot." It seems working within one of the two major parties is the only long-term solution.