2016 United States Presidential Election - Democracy

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THE WHOLE POINT OF DEMOCRACY ISN'T TO WIN OR LOSE, ITS TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD ·N, UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE BEEN SCARED AND SUCKERED INTO VOTING FOR PEOPLE THAT WE DONT TRULY BELIEVE IN FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF STOPPING 0 8 SOMEONE THAT WE FIND EVEN WORSE FROM GETTING ELECTED. WEVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERES ONLY TWO REAL CANDIDATES TO CHOOSE FROM, AND THAT, BY SUPPORTING A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE, YOURE THROWING YOUR VOTE AWAY. THE TRUTHIS THAT ANYONE WHO HAS EVER SAID THAT "A VOTE FOR NADER IS A VOTE FOR BUSH," OR "A VOTE FOR PEROTIS A VOTE FOR CLINTON," HAS NEVER CARED ABOUT YOUR VOICE THE ONLY THING THEY CARE ABOUT IS WINNING. IGUARANTEE THATANYONE WHO HAS EVER VOTED FOR ROSS PEROT, OR RALPH NADER, OR GARY JOHNSON,REALLY BELIEVED IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING. I HONESTLY CANTSAY THE SAME THING FOR JOHN KERRY, OR MITT ROMNEY, OR HILLARY CLINTON, OR EVEN BARACK OBAMA WHEN YOU VOTE FOR SOMEONE, NOT BECAUSE YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN THAT PERSON, BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE SCARED OF THE ALTERNATIVE, YOUR VOICE ISNT BEING HEARD. SOMEONE ELSE'S VOICE IS BEING HEARD THROUGH YOU. 0 THATS NOT DEMOCRACY. THATS PUPPETRY" imgflip.com

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Eldra

Nov 14, 2016 at 09:56AM EST in reply to Lark88

burning_phoneix

Nov 14, 2016 at 07:04AM EST

No dumbass, in a winner take all election system, it will ALWAYS end up as a two candidate system. The third party candidate will always siphon off votes from the major candidate closest to him in the political spectrum, ENSURING a victory for the opposing candidate. People are being smart by strategically voting for the candidate they think can win and is the least terrible option in their opinion, because the system FORCES them to vote this way.

A simple solution would be a multiple transferable vote system but good luck ever getting that legislation passed in a government dominated by two parties that benefit immensely from the status quo.

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