What is with the people who are determined to show how impartial they are by refusing to choose “the lesser of two evils.” It’s beginning to remind me of a child who won’t eat the mac ‘n cheese OR the chicken nuggets...so he has water for dinner.
WTF?! If you go 3rd party, you are throwing away your vote at best. At worst, you’re helping keep Trump in office. Or if you lean the other way - at worst you’re helping elect Biden.
Wouldn’t it make sense to man up and make a choice?
/rant
I think that the issue generates from the puzzling incapacity of the average American voter to understand the importance of Congress. Political nerds like us know it very well, but if you talk to politically detached individuals (probably 70% of the population) you'll see that 1) they believe the POTUS has more powers than he actually has 2) they barely know what Congress does, let alone how Congress works.
Not knowing well the legislative branch is in my opinion as sinful as not knowing the name of the President.
Why am I saying this on a 3rd party vote thread? Because I think that the reduced focus on Congress makes all those "no-party" thinkers (a legit position) into something that it isn't, that is a "search for the Presidency". A third party is in my opinion fundamental in Congress, a place in which one or two senators, and a bunch of House Representatives can and will make a serious difference. A third party (not independents, or independents caucusing with the major parties; I am talking about a true third party) in Congress could finally move Congress into thinking more about actual legislation which is somehow detached from the Presidency, and it could move Congress from this eternal, boring, two-side war. It would force the two major parties to truly seek compromise. "Third party" voters (and I think most Americans) should
demand a "strong" third party in Congress (by Strong I mean a group that is big enough to make some difference in some legislation), focusing less on the POTUS.
