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It's a parody of political campaign signs.

I actually would vote Dukat/Weyoun if that was an option in November. Since this is reality, I'll be voting for the next best thing... Donald Trump. :D
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The only upside of a Trump victory would be if Boris Johnson also gets the PM job in England, so we can see US-English summits where all the reporters studious avoid commenting on the fact that every strand of hair at the podium looks like it's desperately trying to escape.
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AllenGould wrote:The only upside of a Trump victory would be if Boris Johnson also gets the PM job in England, so we can see US-English summits where all the reporters studious avoid commenting on the fact that every strand of hair at the podium looks like it's desperately trying to escape.
Doesn't look like part of that will happen... http://www.theguardian.com/politics/liv ... CMP=twt_gu
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By Dukat (Andreas Rheinländer)
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Legate_Damar wrote:It's a parody of political campaign signs.

I actually would vote Dukat/Weyoun if that was an option in November. Since this is reality, I'll be voting for the next best thing... Donald Trump. :D
Why does no one in the U.S. seem to think about the third way: voting for a third party candidate - there are about a dozen as far as I know.

That way, the vote counts and it does not do so for either Clinton or Trump.

Imagine 50 or so percent of the population voting for a third party ... having a third party candidate as president for the first time in U.S. history (or not?).
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Dukat wrote:
Legate_Damar wrote:It's a parody of political campaign signs.

I actually would vote Dukat/Weyoun if that was an option in November. Since this is reality, I'll be voting for the next best thing... Donald Trump. :D
Why does no one in the U.S. seem to think about the third way: voting for a third party candidate - there are about a dozen as far as I know.

That way, the vote counts and it does not do so for either Clinton or Trump.

Imagine 50 or so percent of the population voting for a third party ... having a third party candidate as president for the first time in U.S. history (or not?).
Duverger's Law.
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By pschrader
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Dukat wrote:
Legate_Damar wrote:It's a parody of political campaign signs.

I actually would vote Dukat/Weyoun if that was an option in November. Since this is reality, I'll be voting for the next best thing... Donald Trump. :D
Why does no one in the U.S. seem to think about the third way: voting for a third party candidate - there are about a dozen as far as I know.

That way, the vote counts and it does not do so for either Clinton or Trump.

Imagine 50 or so percent of the population voting for a third party ... having a third party candidate as president for the first time in U.S. history (or not?).
This is a multifaceted problem:
1. Major party candidates get the majority of the funding. Since we don't have purely publically-financed elections here it's easy for major party candidates to destroy third party candidates in the funding race.

2. People want their vote to count. Most voters have an aversion to third party candidates since they feel that it's inevitable that a major party candidate will win. This leads them to vote for the "lesser of two evils" in most situations instead of voting their hearts.
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Dukat wrote: Why does no one in the U.S. seem to think about the third way: voting for a third party candidate - there are about a dozen as far as I know.
Because of how the vote is structured. Look at Gary Johnson. He's polling around 8%, and is forecast to get 0 electoral votes, because it's not all in one place. If you look at the state-by-state polling, most states are solidly one way or the other (the "blue states" / "red states" problem). Everyone's fighting over the handful that could reasonably go either way. The president isn't one vote - it's a whole bunch of little votes, with a grand total at the end. (Really, you guys should get around to fixing that one of these days.)

Imagine 50 or so percent of the population voting for a third party ... having a third party candidate as president for the first time in U.S. history (or not?).
Honestly, if someone managed to get 50% of the vote, they almost certainly wouldn't be a third-party. (It could be argued that Trump is effectively a third-party, since he is textbook RINO.)

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