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0 pointssnomad9y ago0 comments

Given the utter disdain for both major candidates, perhaps this year we can hope for a 3rd party candidate. Here is a nice visualization of the 4 top candidates and their stances on a wide spectrum of issues http://imgur.com/gallery/n1VdV

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anonymousab9y ago

In the eyes of a considerable many, voting for anyone else is the same as a vote for Trump.

Maybe it has always been this way.

stronglikedan9y ago

In the eyes of supporters of either major party, a vote for a third party is a vote for the other major party. It may not have always been this way, but it has for as long as I've been an engaged voter (~20 years).

cafard9y ago

It depends on who the third party is.

More from Republicans: Theodore Roosevelt, probably George Wallace and Ross Perot

More from Democrats: Henry Wallace, Strom Thurmond, Ralph Nader

Who knows: John Anderson.

I think that Roosevelt, Perot, and Nader all had strong effects, I don't think that Thurmond, either Wallace, or Anderson changed the outcome.

ktRolster9y ago

When anyone says that to me, I respond with, "No, because otherwise I would vote for Hillary." That both angers and confuses them, which delights me.

Alternately, to people who consider it the same as voting for Hillary, I blithely say, "No, because otherwise I would vote for Trump." Same lovely effect.

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