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If you are a Libertarian, you should find and write-in your candidates, not stay home. If there is no known candidate, you should write in "Libertarian", if the

by devmonk 16y ago

If you are a Libertarian, you should find and write-in your candidates, not stay home. If there is no known candidate, you should write in "Libertarian", if there is a space to do so. And if there is no Libertarian on the ballot, you should learn as much as you can about the candidates and vote for the ones that best match your set of values. Odds are that you lean either more towards the liberal social values side or the conservative fiscal values side, so there may be a Democrat, Independent, or Republican that leans similarly here and there that you could vote for.

jswinghammer 16y ago
I consider what you're describing to the equivalent of not voting anyway. There isn't a candidate in my state who I could feel good about voting for. I consider not voting to be a louder act of protest than voting for someone I half or quarter like.
- callahad 16y ago
  How can your non-vote be a louder act of protest if it can't be distinguished from an apathetic non-vote?
  - jswinghammer 16y ago
    I consider those "apathetic" non-votes to be louder than voting as well. I don't mind being lumped in with those people who just can't be bothered to care. I sympathize with them.
Semiapies 16y ago
"If you are a Libertarian, you should find and write-in your candidates, not stay home" Actually, the LP is very good at getting on ballots, so write-ins are usually unnecessary for those who want to vote for them. However, can you put together a cogent argument why he should go to all that trouble just so you can skim over the section in the results showing that the Libertarian Party candidate for Congress got a handful of votes?
- tjr 16y ago
  http://www.coopersmallergovernment.com/why-should-i-vote-for-you-you-can-t-win http://www.coopersmallergovernment.com/why-should-i-vote-for...
  - Semiapies 16y ago
    With 2% of the vote, you can get out of some of Iowa's arcane ballot access-restrictions. Fair enough - that's cogent. Then you're left with the 98% of the public who wants nothing to do with your ideas. Hmm.

by devmonk 16y ago

jswinghammer 16y ago

I consider what you're describing to the equivalent of not voting anyway. There isn't a candidate in my state who I could feel good about voting for. I consider not voting to be a louder act of protest than voting for someone I half or quarter like.

callahad 16y ago
How can your non-vote be a louder act of protest if it can't be distinguished from an apathetic non-vote?
- jswinghammer 16y ago
  I consider those "apathetic" non-votes to be louder than voting as well. I don't mind being lumped in with those people who just can't be bothered to care. I sympathize with them.

Semiapies 16y ago

"If you are a Libertarian, you should find and write-in your candidates, not stay home" Actually, the LP is very good at getting on ballots, so write-ins are usually unnecessary for those who want to vote for them. However, can you put together a cogent argument why he should go to all that trouble just so you can skim over the section in the results showing that the Libertarian Party candidate for Congress got a handful of votes?

tjr 16y ago
http://www.coopersmallergovernment.com/why-should-i-vote-for-you-you-can-t-win http://www.coopersmallergovernment.com/why-should-i-vote-for...
- Semiapies 16y ago
  With 2% of the vote, you can get out of some of Iowa's arcane ballot access-restrictions. Fair enough - that's cogent. Then you're left with the 98% of the public who wants nothing to do with your ideas. Hmm.