I am not very political, but it seems as if ones votes would pretty much be wasted if they were not for either a Dem or a Repub. What is the point of voting independent, etc?
Well they sometimes take enough votes away that one party doesn’t win. Supposedly Gore lost due to Ralph Nader and his party. If you notice the last three times the different parties got booted out due to crummy performance and the people got sick of what they were doing.
The Democrats get booted and then the Republicans get booted and now looks like the Democrats are about to get the boot again. Due to the "good ole boy" system and payoff deals and the money the two big time parties have it would be hard for someone to step up. When Ross Perot ran Clinton got 40 million votes and bush a few less, but he got 20 million, which were votes meant for the Republicans and he had the money on his own the run on.
Maybe someday it will happen. oNe other things is that our House and Senate members had donated to them over $3.2 billion* in 2008, you can use the search engine at the site below to see who got what, from whom and how they voted. That is a ton of money from the lobbyists and this year when the elderly and handicapped on fixed incomes are told there is no inflation, they will be getting a 10% raise! It has to stop and get back to doing what is good for the country and not corporations.
But the third party can pull some votes and make it hard for the Democrats or Republicans and maybe get what they want if one of the parties decide to embrace whatever they are pushing.
Happy New Year!