[EM] Cartoon about single-mark ballots

[VoteFair]

On 9/19/2016 1:57 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
 > Come to think of it, why do so few people in non-swing-states vote for
 > third-party candidates? It seems that if you're in a safe state, your
 > vote doesn't matter, and so you can vote for whoever you want for the
 > signal effect.

In the U.S., third-party presidential candidates are not really 
qualified for the job.

That's different from third parties in nations that have PR 
(proportional representation).  In those countries the parties are large 
enough to offer some good alternative candidates.

BTW, I saw video segments of some of the candidates at the Libertarian 
convention, and those candidates were very, very, non-qualified.  And 
the winner, Gary Johnson, is not popular with many of the people in the 
Libertarian party.

As for Jill Stein, I'm told by someone who plans to vote for her that 
she has lots of weaknesses, and that it's just a protest vote.

In other words, too many votes would give the wrong signal, namely that 
lots of people like non-qualified candidates.

Richard Fobes


On 9/19/2016 1:57 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
> On 09/19/2016 06:42 AM, VoteFair wrote:
>
>> I will use the image as part of an article I'm writing that explains why
>> voters in swing states should not vote for a third-party candidate.
>
> Come to think of it, why do so few people in non-swing-states vote for
> third-party candidates? It seems that if you're in a safe state, your
> vote doesn't matter, and so you can vote for whoever you want for the
> signal effect.
>
> Well, that clearly doesn't work if enough voters go third party that the
> state is no longer safe. But the voters should be able to use polls to
> determine whether they are in a safe state.