Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)
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On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:01:00AM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> and at this time pick from the Big Two to avoid "throwing away" your
> vote.
I was with you up until you said this. How does this change anything?
The general election is the one that counts. The only time you throw
away your vote is if you vote for what you believe to be a lesser
candidate and try to justify it by saying you're throwing your vote
away otherwise. That is exactly the kind of thinking that perpetuates
America's binary political system.
> You've still done what you've set out to do; get your 3rd-party some
> name recognition by putting them on the ballot.
Two serious problems with that:
1) "Third parties" already get on the general ballot. Claiming
victory when they get to this point instead of backing them up
through the general elections is counterproductive.
2) Not all parties hold primaries. I know the Socialist Party (at
least locally) doesn't hold primaries unless there's more than one
candidate running for the same office.
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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