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leilahamaya t1_ivpiuxq wrote

Reply to comment by Unique-Public-8594 in 3% of Massachusetts voted for The Green Party by Linux-Is-Best

obviously a typo, and a joke, but in all seriousness, not the worst idea i have ever heard, lets hand the government over to librarians. =) Green librarians, even, that might have far better results than ever, in some weird twist.

anyway, i sometimes vote for green, independent or "other" -- i feel like in massachusetts i can do so because its so obvious before hand the blue will win the day almost always. so its less - giving a vote to the other guy - or throw the vote away for someone who has no chance of winning, but whoever i think is best.

i guess i mean that because massachusetts is deeply blue, i can vote green or other party, just to voice that there are many who want viable third party options, and other options. and not give a vote to the other guy, since the dem is such a shoe in.

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_ivple4z wrote

I get your point. In Mass it’s safe to vote 3rd party without ending up inadvertently handing a win to a Q-Anon type. But other places, voting green just doesn’t take as many votes from the right.

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leilahamaya t1_ivpm99a wrote

every state i have ever lived have been deeply blue. idk if many independents are like this but often for me it isnt between the dem and the green / other party/independent -- its between NO ONE and abstaining from voting, and the green/independent/other party.

so basically i am kinda a neutral on most elections, where i dont like either party. then again it does often come down to the dem and other third party, but because i live in these deep blue states, i know the dem will win and can voice that we want a third party, even knowing my person wont win.

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_ivpmn65 wrote

Right. I just think there is some truth to the idea that Nader cost Gore the election.

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leilahamaya t1_ivpo1qq wrote

oooo that one. i was in the camp wrongly blamed for bush, having for voted for Winona LaDuke and that guy she ran with !

but again, voting in deep blue states, it really didnt matter one bit in actuality that gore lost my vote. the state wouldve gone to gore, even though i really disliked him and could not bring myself to vote for him. what a mess. but there was a big misconception there for those of us in deep blue states. i can see how that couldve been a factor in that mess, but idk. it couldve been more independents choosing between no one and nadar, not gore and nadar --or rather winona laduke -- even though it may have been a strange choice for him to have her as running mate, in all truthfullness i voted for her not him. he wasnt bad either, but that is why i voted AT ALL in that particular election.

so my choice in that one was actually LaDuke or NO ONE.

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leilahamaya t1_ivpoge9 wrote

i would actually love if they put that on all ballots -- no one -- or worded better. where you are specifically voting against BOTH PEOPLE. so not just abstain, but you want to register a negative vote for both parties. and then to see if actually there would be some elections where no one actually won over both choices.

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