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Is anyone here considering voting for one of the smaller party candidates?

Posted: Oct 30, 2012

I say "smaller party" because I can't think of another way to put it right now. I know a good many Libertarians who are voting Johnson, but I don't know anyone voting for the Green Party candidate.;

I've voted for them twice before - RC

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and it was very unsatisfying.

When I voted for the Green party, George Bush won the election, and I felt totally stupid for not voting for the Democratic candidate.

But I live in a blue state, so it doesn't matter anyway, does it? LOL

Same here. I'll vote for them if it can't make a difference, - but I never considered handing W the presidency.

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But then, we used to live in California, which was often in play. Now home's one of the most conservative counties in Georgia, which makes it one of the most in the nation. We're famous for it among odd political data afficionados, that and chickens. :)

Know how you feel - Fanatical Hypocrite

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I wouldn't vote for a third party this time because I dislike Romney so much. Otherwise I would consider Green Party too. I like what I've seen of Jill Stein, though I haven't really researched her positions in-depth.

Many years ago I considered myself a libertarian too. I liked the idea of small government and freedom. Went to meetings and what not. The more libertarians I met the less I believed though. They would talk a big show about giving people more choices and everyone should have the power to run their own lives, then rail against whole swaths of the population and how they shouldn't be allowed to do what they want. Islam should be illegal. Home schooling should be illegal. Abortion should be illegal. Homosexuality should be illegal. I don't know what it is about libertarianism that attracts fascists, but it certainly seemed to.

Also, my own beliefs changed. Mitch Daniels - the guy who said we are a nation of haves and soon-to-haves - has been talking a lot about how you can trust people to make the right decisions in business without any regulation. But we all know that isn't true. We can't trust people. If we can't trust people so much that we need laws about not raping and murdering each other, how can I trust the Koch Brothers with financial ethics or trust AT&T to not form a monopoly?

LOL about GWB. I thought he was a joke when he was running. I was quite shocked when he won.

California being a blue state is why I like the propositions better than the presidential race. I feel like my vote actually contributes. It doesn't usually, because I think I'm the only Californian who ever votes to raise his own taxes.

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