February 14th, 2013, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by scoundrel
The existence of other political parties can pose a challenge. Ralph Nader ran for the Green Party, supposedly only in non-swing states and to publicise the environmentalist case. But despite promising not to be a spoiler, he ran in Florida and polled over 97,000 votes. The story of the hanging chads is now part of our folklore; but Nader's contention that his 97,000 votes did not skew the poll against Al Gore and in favour of George W Bush seems awfully thin to me. I can't see many Republicans being swayed by the Green candidate. I think tree-hugging and saving the whales is more of a Democrat thing. No matter what your heart says, tactics enter into voting and you do need to think who it is you want to keep out and how your vote might let them in.
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But it all will fail at the funding.
And the Republicans & Democrats will be horrified, if something is changing here - as it's working so well for them. 
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