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not voting for hillary clinton is a vote for donald trump

But also THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO CHOICES IN THIS ELECTION pls people, I know it seems unlikely, but if everyone who didn’t want either candidate wrote in a name, someone else would stand a chance [and we could live with ourselves, not having voted for one or the other]

no they wouldn’t, literally do not do this

please educate yourself about nader and the 2000 presidential election before encouraging this literally terrible idea

People on both sides say “Not voting for my candidate is a vote for the other guy” No, it’s just not a vote for your fucking candidate. Vote for who you actually believe in, otherwise you might as well not vote.
If Hillary actually gave a damn she would try harder than just say “Vote for me cause I’m not Trump” No bitch, how about you show me something I can believe in.
God damn, no wonder so many people don’t fucking vote.

*sigh*

Let me explain why they say a vote for a 3rd candidate or not voting for Hillary is voting for Trump:

The United States does not have a direct democratic voting system. We have an indirect system called the electoral college.The electoral college is  a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

To win the Presidency you do not need a popular majority; you need the majority of votes of the electoral college. 

The way the college works is that the two parties select the delegates that will serve as electors, and the electors pledge to vote for the candidates, depending on their party affiliation, of either the democratic or republican party. So, when people go vote, they are actually going to vote for electors that have pledged to vote for a specific party/candidate. 

Each state is allocated a different number of electoral seats, and so not every state is truly worth the same given that every candidate is racing to secure 270 seats (minimum required to win the election). 

What’s important to note is that the electoral college is a winner take all vote in 48 of the 50 states, meaning that the candidate with the higher number of votes in a given state will get ALL of the seats. This is one of the reasons why third party candidates are a wasted vote. 

Based on our country’s history, most States around the country have already been defined as either red or blue, because the majority of the people that go and vote in said states tend to stick to either one or the other no matter who is on the ballot. It becomes a bit of loyalism to a party or, more accurately, just a strong distaste towards the ideals of the other party. However, there are a few swing states that really define the elections, for each election cycle they tend to change depending on who is on the ballot. 

Now, third party candidates, which is often used as a protest vote, have never worked because a) they are not written into every state ballot, meaning that there are states that don’t offer these candidates given that they did not qualify b) have rarely gotten enough votes to even be up for electoral seats c) ALWAYS end up hurting one of the two candidates, for, in close runs, they can make one of the other two candidates lose a SWING STATE.

This is what happened with Ralph Nader in 2000. The votes that he received hurt Gore in certain states, particularly florida, which led to Bush winning as he had the majority of electoral seats even though he did not have the majority in popular vote. 

Now, in the latest poll, it shows that the race between Hillary and trump is very close, and, when third party candidates are involved, it actually HURTS Hillary’s chances. 

Now, if it hurts her enough, Trump can obtain the much needed swing states. If he gets over 270 seats (and thus more than hillary) he WILL win the goddamn election. 

This is not a year to vote for a third party candidate. This is not a man you want in the oval office of the most powerful country in the world. 

There is nothing NOTHING you can pull out that will make Trump the lesser of two evils. 

We live in a country that has a two party system, so yes, a vote for a 3rd party candidate or a non-vote IS actually a vote for trump. 

And if you still don’t get why voting third party will never make a difference in this country and in fact ensure the election of the candidate you don’t like, listen to this nice man explain it with animals so it’s easier to understand

I was a Bernie supporter too, but “Bernie or Bust”ers are fucking idiots. Yes the system is corrupt, but you certainly wont fix anything by letting Trump win. Put your personal ideals aside for the good of the country. 

Here, I even made a graph

If Everyone Pulls Together And Votes Hillary

If Y’all “Bernie Or Bust” People Vote Third Party

See? Not that hard.

Seriously, guys, do not vote third party. The electoral college will not vote third party. I know it sucks and it’s unfair, but it’s pull your heads out of your asses or have President Trump.

And this is why America’s political system really, REALLY sucks at Democracy.

All that aside, you want to know what Hillary believes in? Instead of yelling at the internet to show you something, do the legwork yourself and GO READ HER POLICIES. She’s a damn policy wonk. She has policies. They’re laid out on her website. They’re not hard to find.

Also, the fact that neither third party candidate got enough support to even be allowed at the debate says a lot. Guess what, if they can’t even muster 15% of the vote, or get on the damn ballot in all 50 states, they’re not going to change anything. You don’t build a house from the roof down. You start at the bottom, at the foundation - local races, state races.

And THAT aside, Jill Stein thinks wi-fi is ruining kids’ brains, thought Brexit was great,and courts anti-vaxxers, and Gary Johnson is a Republican who likes pot (he thinks the corporate tax rate should be 0% and supports TPP and supports fracking and supports a whole host of other bullshit)., so even if you’re a SUPER ANGRY Bernie supporter, how on earth is either of them better than the former senator and former Secretary of State who voted with Bernie Sanders 93% of the time?

Like, I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that when the electoral college tallies up the votes, they don’t actually give a shit about WHY you voted or didn’t vote for the major party candidates. When your vote is actually counted, it’s not going to be counted as “this person doesn’t want Trump to be President but is also dissatisfied with the political establishment so they voted third party”, it’s just going to be counted as “not a vote for either major party member”. So you can talk all you want about voting your conscience and making your voice heard, but in the ways that matter under our current voting system, your voice is not going to be heard.

You want to vote your conscience? You want to make your voice heard? Do it in your local and state elections. Do it in the Congressional races. Do it in the races where your individual vote has a much greater impact.

Do that, and fucking vote for Clinton so we can keep fucking Donald Trump out of the fucking White House.

This is completely fucking absurd. It is the responsibility of Hillary Clinton and only of Hillary Clinton to win over voters. She cheated in the primaries and now you’re telling people they aren’t allowed to vote for their conscience? This is a disgusting spit in the face of democracy. Nader wasn’t responsible for bush, bush and gore were. We’ve been voting for lesser evils for too long and it’s gone too far. Voting for the one who sucks less is what’s left us with a moderate republican and a loon.

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