Re:How the Arab World Came Apart
by snomad on Thursday August 11, 2016 @09:21AM
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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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Re:How the Arab World Came Apart
by anonymousab on Thursday August 11, 2016 @09:36AM
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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.
Re:How the Arab World Came Apart
by stronglikedan on Thursday August 11, 2016 @10:27AM
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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).
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.
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.