Omnibus Politics Thread: Campaign 2016 EditionFollow

Never underestimate the power of the uninformed.

So... Should I vote Johnson then?

Would you prefer Trump to Johnson?

Vote Jill Stein; feel less guilty about throwing away plastic bags because you already did your part to help the earth.

Edited, Sep 30th 2016 8:40am by someproteinguy

My vote won't affect delegate splits, MA is a safe DEM state, and I down ticket vote. My only goal in the Pres. vote is to ineffectually punish the DNC for being shitty. Therefore my optimal voting strategy is to vote third party in a direction that telegraphs my major complaints to the Party. Options are Sander's, Stein or Johnson. which of these does this most optimally?

Is Sanders on the ticket there?

Between Stein and Johnson, would you rather communicate to the Democrats that you're interested in completely inexperienced woo-magic believers and 9/11 Truthers or that you support regressive taxation against the lower/middle class and elimination of corporate regulations? Once you figure that out, you're golden.

Edited, Sep 30th 2016 11:39am by Jophiel

He claims to be tough on urban safety but his revolving-door prison policies keep the Hamburgler on the streets more often than not.

Mayor McCheese was caught on video slut-shaming Birdie for hanging around the Fry Guys all the time.

Neither do most of us.

I suppose I wasn't asking you specifically, because your vote was never really in question. But your glib quote, and a lot of the posts above it, are premised on the fact that a vote for Johnson is only reasonable after ruling out two qualified, relatively equal major party candidates. Given the fact that several (state-level) Republicans have endorsed or outright switched to the LP, I'd venture that a lot of them don't see it as a decision between "two major-party candidates and some guy", but rather between "one major party candidate, a narcissistic looney toon, and some guy".

Yeah yeah, party allegiance, electoral viability, etc. I'll take some guy who can't name a foreign leader he "looks up to" over two that want to either bomb or overthrow 90% of them.


Only if you equate "less regulation" with "supports big business". Typically big businesses are supportive of more regulation because it creates a larger barrier to entry for potential new competitors.

I don't support every Johnson policy (e.g. replace federal income tax with federal sales tax), but he's by far the best option for any conservative who doesn't want an ego-maniacal, thin-skinned rutabaga in the Oval Office, even if the rutabaga does know the name of the Queen of Denmark.

I wish they'd have to pass at least a basic field sobriety test to be considered a candidate.

Edited, Sep 30th 2016 2:42pm by lolgaxe

Really it'd be nice to have it in the voting booths as well, but voter turnout is low enough as it is, so that probably wouldn't fly. The thought of a candidate being removed from the race for slipping and breaking a hip while trying to stand on one foot is pretty entertaining though.