9% of American voters was all it took for Clinton and Trump to win the primaries. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/elections/nine-percent-of-am

9% of American voters was all it took for Clinton and Trump to win the primaries. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/elections/nine-percent-of-america-selected-trump-and-clinton.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/elections/n... The "public" debates are sponsored by a partisan non-profit that is controlled by the Democrats and Republicans. Ogliarchs do not like competition. Their tax-exempt status is being challenged in court but other lawsuits have been unsuccessful. http://www.shapiroarato.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Memorandum-of-Points-and-Authorities.pdf http://www.shapiroarato.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Memor... Polling requirements for other political parties are arbitrary 15%, but the media companies write the polls to exclude minor party candidates, and the major parties control the media. Billions $USD are spent on political advertising and propaganda. The Citizens United case allows unlimited spending for political activities. Congress does not have term limits, further consolidating power within the major parties. Most Americans don't know or don't care that there are other options. In WA there are 7 candidates on the ballot. But in the left/right paradigm that the powers insure is the only public dialogue, there will always be a race to the middle. This explains why: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_voter_theorem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_voter_theorem I'll be voting for Gary Johnson. Ignoring biased media accounts of him, he's one of the few honest candidates and his platform mostly aligns with my own. Being public about this has cost me some relationships this year. I've never seen the amount of negativity and belligerance on social media. The only good thing to come of it, is I finally deleted my Facebook account. This election has brought out the worst in us, and we will get who we deserve on November 8th.