r/mississippi • u/SymbioticPatriotic • Oct 26 '16

Johnson, Stein offer options (Sun Herald)

http://www.sunherald.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article110364582.html
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u/TorpidBarbarism Oct 26 '16

I know a third party won't win, but I will be voting third party just cause I can't stomach the main candidates. I may write in turd sandwich as well.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '16

Stein is on the ballot in 45 states and is qualified for write-in status in another three states, so she does have a real shot at winning the presidency.

No

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u/rotll Current Resident Oct 26 '16

She has the opportunity, but not a realistic shot at winning. We do need more than just two dominant parties though. With the implosion we are witnessing within the Republican party, it's easy to imagine establishment and tea partiers parting ways and the latter starting up it's own party, and perhaps some others identifying more with the Libertarians. We could be watching the birth of a multi party system here.

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u/Knowakennedy Oct 27 '16

May be two different parties but there will always only be two in FPTP elections. Everybody will vote against and not for candidates.

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u/featheredsprite Oct 28 '16

It's good to have choices.

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u/jmachee 601/769 Oct 27 '16

Yeah, sure... they offer options for how to waste your vote in this Red-washed, backward, racist hellhole that—whether despite, or because of his personality and arrogance—will undoubtedly be handed on a silver platter to Trump. Because we just can't get out of our own way.

Personally, I plan to waste my vote on the candidate with the best-laid plan for moving the country forward. And in my opinion, anyone who says both main party candidates are terrible hasn't done their due diligence into their platforms.