The real shame of the election.

People need to actually go out and vote for third parties and stuff. They wont win, but if they get a large amount of votes, they become more viable in future elections. People think they are wasting their votes because they have no chance of winning but that simply isn't true. We need to build up a base for them, and when they start getting a higher turn out they will start winning.

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Originally Posted by Grod

I can't vote, but I wouldn't have voted anyway. I don't like Obama or McCain. I don't even like Bob Barr. My vote wouldn't even mean anything.

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There's an old Russian proverb: "If everyone gives a thread, a poor man will have a shirt." It means that every little bit counts, and one vote can decide it all. Theoretically.

Here's one I made: "Quit bitching, you thankless asshole." :D

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Originally Posted by Alric

People need to actually go out and vote for third parties and stuff. They wont win, but if they get a large amount of votes, they become more viable in future elections. People think they are wasting their votes because they have no chance of winning but that simply isn't true. We need to build up a base for them, and when they start getting a higher turn out they will start winning.

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Two words: Nash equilibrium.

I don't know that a boycott is really an effective or necessary tool in the case of an election.

Isn't the whole point of a boycott protest to have your voice heard? Or express power where you otherwise would not be able to? Kind of hypocritical when it is applied to voting.