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You're not throwing away your vote if you refuse to vote either an "evil" or a "lesser evil". If your only choices are those, then voting for either one won't m
by nextparadigms 15y ago
You're not throwing away your vote if you refuse to vote either an "evil" or a "lesser evil". If your only choices are those, then voting for either one won't make much of a difference anyway, would it? Just vote for who you truly believe in.
This is how this type of politicians get in office with the help of media. The media shows them as "front-runners" and then most people will think "well, I guess I can only vote for them so I don't throw away my vote". It's a feedback loop that feeds on itself. They show who they want you to think are the winners, prop them out in their TV debates, ignore the others, and then you will think those are the winners, too.
But the truth is nobody has the kind of ground support Ron Paul has, just like nobody had the kind of ground support Obama had in 2008. 95% of the people who support Ron Paul will go to vote for him, while maybe 50-70% of those that say now they support Gingrich or Romney, will actually go to vote, and vote for either one, unless they changed their minds by then (it seems to have happened every month since the campaigns started).
So this is why it's important to vote for who you truly believe in, and if you actually believe he will improve things for everyone, then you can take it upon yourself to spread the word about him. Don't fall in the false choice of "evil" vs "lesser evil", at least not until the final election. The game hasn't even started yet.