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5/5/2016 6:32:41 PM
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Your idea seems like a good idea, but you disregard that most Americans see voting for a third party as simply wasting their vote, and because of that everyone is gonna stick with the political parties that they actually know about.[spoiler]Besides, the president actually doesn't have that much power due to the system of checks and balances we have in our government[/spoiler]
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Edited by OurWildebeest: 5/6/2016 7:00:43 PMThe X factor is that this year, each party is determined to nominate its most hated candidate. There will be a few percent of Democrats who dislike Hillary so much they won't be troubled by her losing. There will be MANY Republicans who would actually prefer Hillary over Trump. I don't think a third party has a chance to actually win. But I think Libertarians may be in the high single digits or possibly hit 10% and Greens or some leftist option may hit 3-5%. In my family, of the five people whose voting preferences I know best, all five voted for Romney, all five voted for McCain, but only two are planning to vote for Trump. The other three, including me, are hardcore anti-Trump and will either vote third party, will leave the presidential vote blank, or one person plans to vote for Hillary.
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Edited by SuperStormDroid: 5/5/2016 9:34:13 PM[quote]Besides, the president actually doesn't have that much power due to the system of checks and balances we have in our government[/quote] True, but Congress' abysmal approval rating is helping much either.
