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I know that people are always hesistant to vote for any third party candidate. The fear is that the vote is being thrown away. Third parties don’t have a chance, do they? Well, they don’t with that sort of thinking. If there was ever a year to vote third party this is the year. To put it mildly, Trump and Clinton both leave much to be desired. I know that their respective die hard supporters will disagree. But this isn’t for them. This plea is to those who find themselves voting for what they consider the lesser of two evils.
Gary Johnson, in my humble opinion, has something to offer both Republican leaning voters as well as Democrats. But as far as the specifics, I’ll leave that up to you. Here, all I wish to do is to address the idea that a vote for Gary is a vote thrown away.
The bottom line is that until the election anything is possible. Although unprecedented, there could be a massive shift in support to Johnson. Republicans would have to defect en masse to begin with, which may very well be imminent. Once it was apparent that Gary has growing support, there is no doubt that disaffected and half-hearted Hillary supporters would join the party as well.
But nothing happens if we cannot overcome our programming. We are programmed to think in terms of the two party system. Anything outside of that seems extreme and radical. But in this case, the most rational candidate is actually Gary Johnson. The only thing stopping a third party from winning is the votes. In the age of pervasive social media, money doesn’t have the impact it once had. This ball can get rolling. Those of us who believe this is the way just need to keep the momentum.
As I said, this isn’t an effort to convince you that Gary should be your candidate. This is for those who already know that he is a viable alternative but are worried that your vote would be wasted. There is still a chance. This election cycle has already been far from normal. Why shouldn’t history be made while we’re at it?
Gary Johnson, in my humble opinion, has something to offer both Republican leaning voters as well as Democrats. But as far as the specifics, I’ll leave that up to you. Here, all I wish to do is to address the idea that a vote for Gary is a vote thrown away.
The bottom line is that until the election anything is possible. Although unprecedented, there could be a massive shift in support to Johnson. Republicans would have to defect en masse to begin with, which may very well be imminent. Once it was apparent that Gary has growing support, there is no doubt that disaffected and half-hearted Hillary supporters would join the party as well.
But nothing happens if we cannot overcome our programming. We are programmed to think in terms of the two party system. Anything outside of that seems extreme and radical. But in this case, the most rational candidate is actually Gary Johnson. The only thing stopping a third party from winning is the votes. In the age of pervasive social media, money doesn’t have the impact it once had. This ball can get rolling. Those of us who believe this is the way just need to keep the momentum.
As I said, this isn’t an effort to convince you that Gary should be your candidate. This is for those who already know that he is a viable alternative but are worried that your vote would be wasted. There is still a chance. This election cycle has already been far from normal. Why shouldn’t history be made while we’re at it?
