Sorry not sorry that I voted for...
Sorry, not sorry that I voted for Gary Johnson in a swing state
Given the high stakes, supporters of both major-party nominees fear that a vote for Johnson, the Libertarian Party’s pick, or the Green Party’s Jill Stein could siphon votes away from their candidate of choice. For Democrats, the scenario brings back bad memories of the 2000 election, when third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader was widely blamed for taking votes away from Democratic candidate Al Gore, whose razor-thin loss in Florida handed the election to George W. Bush.
Polling suggested that 20% of voters aren't supporting either major-party candidate — the highest in the past three presidential elections. And Johnson could earn the largest share of the vote of any Libertarian candidate in history.
I thought Trump was a stunt and was hoping for Jeb Bush to win the nomination. I just could not vote for Trump. It honestly has nothing to do with me being a woman or a woman who is also a survivor of sexual assault, either, I just cannot vote for him as a human. And I couldn’t vote for Hillary because I felt that the way she got there was very corrupt. This election has been an overwhelming...disaster.
Now, I knew Johnson wouldn’t win the presidency, but I had a goal. And apparently so did 4,042,291 voters. In this presidential election, I had a Hope Vote. Giving my vote to Gary, I hope to show the country that the two-party system is broken. You should vote for whatever you want your voice to say. Everyone keeps saying your voice can’t be heard if you don’t vote, so I wanted my vote to say that we need to have other options. Because I’m not with her and I am not with him.
Now, time for me to really rant. Calling me an uneducated individual for voting for a third party in a “two party world” doesn’t make me look like an idiot, it makes you sound like one. Just because I don't have the same political affiliation as you doesn't mean you can belittle and disrespect me and my opinion. A vote for a candidate is just that; a vote for a candidate. A third-party vote is not a "vote for this other person."
No matter if you're democrat, republican, independent, or a dead gorilla at this point (receiving an alarming number of votes for president) everyone opinions in this country deserves to be treated with respect and kindness. Respect my opinion and I will do the same for you. What unites this country is people not politics, so let us unite and make the world beautiful.
Given the high stakes, supporters of both major-party nominees fear that a vote for Johnson, the Libertarian Party’s pick, or the Green Party’s Jill Stein could siphon votes away from their candidate of choice. For Democrats, the scenario brings back bad memories of the 2000 election, when third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader was widely blamed for taking votes away from Democratic candidate Al Gore, whose razor-thin loss in Florida handed the election to George W. Bush.
Polling suggested that 20% of voters aren't supporting either major-party candidate — the highest in the past three presidential elections. And Johnson could earn the largest share of the vote of any Libertarian candidate in history.
I thought Trump was a stunt and was hoping for Jeb Bush to win the nomination. I just could not vote for Trump. It honestly has nothing to do with me being a woman or a woman who is also a survivor of sexual assault, either, I just cannot vote for him as a human. And I couldn’t vote for Hillary because I felt that the way she got there was very corrupt. This election has been an overwhelming...disaster.
Now, I knew Johnson wouldn’t win the presidency, but I had a goal. And apparently so did 4,042,291 voters. In this presidential election, I had a Hope Vote. Giving my vote to Gary, I hope to show the country that the two-party system is broken. You should vote for whatever you want your voice to say. Everyone keeps saying your voice can’t be heard if you don’t vote, so I wanted my vote to say that we need to have other options. Because I’m not with her and I am not with him.
Now, time for me to really rant. Calling me an uneducated individual for voting for a third party in a “two party world” doesn’t make me look like an idiot, it makes you sound like one. Just because I don't have the same political affiliation as you doesn't mean you can belittle and disrespect me and my opinion. A vote for a candidate is just that; a vote for a candidate. A third-party vote is not a "vote for this other person."
No matter if you're democrat, republican, independent, or a dead gorilla at this point (receiving an alarming number of votes for president) everyone opinions in this country deserves to be treated with respect and kindness. Respect my opinion and I will do the same for you. What unites this country is people not politics, so let us unite and make the world beautiful.
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