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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
Might as well stay home.
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That is the worst decision you can make. Not voting because you hate both major candidates allows the vocal majority (the extreme right and extreme left), who will vote no matter what, to have an uncontested vote. Voting for a third party takes votes away from the candidates, and may force one of them to compromise on values. It's similar to way the open market functions. Two major companies at odds with each other compete against each other, until a new company shows up with a business strategy to offer decreased prices. That company steals customers from one or both of the major companies, and the best and most strategic company will absorb the business practices of the smaller company in order to survive or gain an edge against competitors.
Basically, it encourages competition. This is all in theory btw, it's never this simple in reality.