Third party candidate poll

If you weren't voting for Harris or Trump who would you pull the lever for

  • Jill Stein, Green party, Fix our climate with union jobs and stop spending so much $ on the military

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • Chase Oliver, Libertarian. If you aren't hurting anyone, gov't backoff. Out of foreign wars.

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • Randall Terry, Constitution Party. Abortions bad. That's pretty much it.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Cornell West, Independent. Justice for the powerless including kids, elderly, blacks, gays, migrant

    Votes: 6 46.2%

  • Write-in. Pick someone but try to make it funny and don't be a deck.

    Votes: 4 30.8%
  • Total voters
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gtyellowjacket

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If you couldn't vote for Harris or Trump who would you vote for?

I'd vote for Jill Stein if I wasn't in a battleground state.
 
WaynetheDrain said:
You could have just listed one option:

1. Throw my vote away.
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I kind of feel differently. If you aren't in a battleground state, you're going to throw your vote away no matter who you vote for. That contest has been decided.

If enough people vote for a third party, maybe the two major priorities decide to change their platform.
 
If I were forced not to vote for either of the two candidates who’ll be our president, I’d abstain.

West and Stein appeal to different aspects of my political philosophy, but neither is fit for the presidency—both would be disastrous for our country.
 
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I took a quiz in 2020 and Tom Steyer was my match.
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One of Steyer's main focuses as president would be to combat climate change, according to a video announcing his candidacy. He said the country needs to address the fossil fuel companies that "dominate our politics" in order to reverse the effects of climate change. In 2014, Steyer funded $74 million into federal elections through a super pack he launched called NextGen Climate Action.

Steyer unveiled his "Five Rights" plan which aims to enable protections from big corporations their interests. His plan includes the right to an equal vote, the right to clean air and clean water, the right to learn, the right to a living wage and the right to health, according to his campaign website. Another major policy focus Steyer announced is to remove corporate influence from politics.
 
Given how legislators vote party, I’m not voting 3rd Party.

I’m not voting GOP (unless it’s a Larry Hogan running against the Liberals version of Trump).

Given the USA’s 1st passed the post elections, we won’t ever have a viable 3rd party.
 
But seriously - as others have said, anyone who entertains voting third party in a national election given our current electoral system should not be taken seriously, because doing so has the exact same effect as not voting at all. It's fine to pine for a political system in which we could have more variety of parties (though take one look at Europe and you'll see it's probably not the panacea you think) but we don't have that system and no amount of voting for a third party candidate can make us have that system.
 
rodoheel said:
Why? Jill Stein is a career grifter with no desire to help anyone or anything.
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I support her because I agree with a great deal of her stated policy positions although not all of them. I'd like to see us focus more on fixing climate change and reducing how much we spend on the military while making it easier to form successful unions.

She doesn't seem like a grifter to me. She seems like a liberal that is frustrated with the political positions that Democrats take to get elected. I can certainly sympathize with that while also sympathizing with Democratic politicians that support positions that I, and maybe even they themselves, don't agree with to get elected.

What makes her a grifter with no desire to help anyone in your opinion?
 
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