This is why, IMO, every responsible citizen who has any problem whatsoever with both parties should be educating themselves about and working towards voting reform. Currently, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is proposing to do it the
wrong way. Depending on how close and how much of a mess this election is, enough people may pressure congress to do SOMETHING, and right now they and most people are leaning towards doing the
wrong thing.
I made a thread regarding this and why <a href="http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=73366">Instant Runoff Voting is the wrong solution</a> in an effort to raise awareness of its problems and the alternatives to it. Looking at how close this election may be, it is absolutely necessary that we
start now to fight for
proper voting reform that is fair and scientifically sound.
If you like third parties, or even if you'd just like to have more choice but are not sure about what's out there, it is imperitive that we start contacting our representatives to tell them to vote
against Instant Runoff Voting and that they begin pushing for either Approval or, preferably, Condorcet voting. These two methods go far beyond IRV and plurality (our current method) in preventing spoilers and allowing choice.
Don't just point out how voting your conscience would hurt your preferred outcome if enough people did, do something to stop that from happening next time around! And that means telling our congressmen NOT to vote for IRV, because it has the same flaws as plurality, only while being under the guise that it's better.
An excellent place to start educating yourself on the various options for voting reform is
www.electionmethods.org -
www.wikipedia.org is decent at providing information as well.
Others are:
http://www.approvalvoting.org
http://condorcet.org/
http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/politics/condorcet.html