> The function of voting, the only thing it accomplishes for very nearly everyone in a presidential election, is the same as what cheering at a football game accomplishes — making you feel good.
The main thing I accomplish by voting libertarian is adding one to the number of libertarians in the voting results. Voting against either of the…
> The function of voting, the only thing it accomplishes for very nearly everyone in a presidential election, is the same as what cheering at a football game accomplishes — making you feel good.
The main thing I accomplish by voting libertarian is adding one to the number of libertarians in the voting results. Voting against either of the major party candidates only serves to add one to the number of their opponents' votes. No one reading the vote totals in the week following the election tries to figure out how many of the D or R votes were votes "against" the other candidate, they're all interpreted as votes for one of the major parties.
> The function of voting, the only thing it accomplishes for very nearly everyone in a presidential election, is the same as what cheering at a football game accomplishes — making you feel good.
The main thing I accomplish by voting libertarian is adding one to the number of libertarians in the voting results. Voting against either of the major party candidates only serves to add one to the number of their opponents' votes. No one reading the vote totals in the week following the election tries to figure out how many of the D or R votes were votes "against" the other candidate, they're all interpreted as votes for one of the major parties.