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Originally Posted by ratbastid
I'm a pragmatist about these things. I think a protest vote is great, when your protest doesn't imperil something else.
Let's say (just hypothetically) that you'd freaking vomit if McCain were elected, you could live with an Obama presidency, and your state is close. I think NOT giving your vote to Obama in such a situation would be irresponsible. Even if the idealistic thing to do would be to hew to your principles vote (and I shudder as I type this) McKinney, you're opening the door to a McCain victory, and IMO that's way worse than not showing Cynthia your love.
But yeah, if your state is a foregone conclusion, let 'er rip. If I still lived in Utah, I'd probably never vote Democrat.
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Agreed, rb. This is generally how I have felt about the whole 3rd party decision as well (though not personally for myself, as I have never been sold on any of the 3rd parties). My dad votes in WA state and he has voted 3rd several times, since our state is quite safe and he doesn't feel that he's throwing his vote away there. If the state were more in the balance, no way... he'll vote Dem.