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[Mike]

so vote for a third party candidate. if nobody votes for them they will recieve no recognition. if they receive no recognition they will not be taken seriously.

doing nothing surely isn't the right answer.

an excellent point.
even if a candidate has no hope to win, getting votes, and getting the candidates name on the results reports is important to building a base following.

there is no such thing as not voting out of protest.
its called not voting out of laziness

To you it maybe not voting out of laziness, to me it's not voting out of disgust for the options available to me. I'm not saying that I'm protesting, I'm just not going to waste my time to have my vote go to waste. Third parties come and go so what's the point in "building a base" it'll just be someone new from another group next time. They receive no recognition because they don't build up enough interest and following prior to the election. Did you see any sort of option on TV last night that was tracking the third party electoral votes, no, cause everyone realizes they have no chance of winning.

third parties come and go? how in the hell are they supposed to stick around if people such as yourself look at it as a wasted vote and don't show up to show support? they receive no recognition because of defeatist attitudes like yours.

argh! you are the reason... that is the irony.