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Third party voters are totally cool with whatever outcome since they know their election nominee has no chance without any third party support from local positions.
Make whatever rationalizing you need to do but if you know what both major parties stand for and you vote third, then you're tacitly saying that the actual outcome doesn't bother you as much as the perception you have of being slighted for not doing any of the foundational support work both other parties do.
I get it, you had a reason you couldn't swallow either pill, but that means you have complicity with whatever the outcome is by your choice.
And the third party protests still can't garner the 5% they need to be given federal boosts, which just goes to show how little planning and support goes into it.
Stand by your beliefs by all means, but let me know when your protest vote actually changes either major parties stance on anything since it hasn't in..... Ever. Which means third party people are just doing the protest dance over and over with no results.
Third party voters are cool with whatever happening the same way someone might be cool with dieing by drowning or dieing by fire, if those are the only two choices.
In that situation would you really shit on people who opt not to make the choice at all or write in silly things like "not die" or "nap time"?
Surely they would have more impact on the future if they chose, but does that much matter? What if everyone chose to make no choice or to vote for naptime? Does the game just fall apart then? Who knows!
Matter of perspective.