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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
Nah. Most people vote for the alternative to the 2 major parties not based on stances, but instead out of protest against the right and the left. Deep down they realize that their vote isn't going to elect a president. But they can feel like they bucked the system regardless.
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People are voting for third parties because they're tired of the neoliberal consensus, war in foreign countries, starvation wages, unemployment, lack of proper welfare services, debt, the endless money circus called American "democracy", and so on. It's not about protesting against the right and the left - the Democratic Party and the GOP are both right-wing parties that stand for the interests of the bourgeoisie. Clinton is not left-wing, just another neoliberal. Some left-wing candidates are Jill Stein and Gloria La Riva.