On the Horns of a Dilemma
Is it in my own best interest to cast a negative vote (i.e. a vote for the candidate of the other major party) in an effort to get the incumbent (a truly bad actor, bent on destroying all rights in favor of government control) defeated, or is it in my best self interest to vote for the candidate that espouses my principles and will certainly lose?
I wonder if instant runoff voting would resolve this dilemma.
I seriously considered caving and voting against the major party candidate. I looked at you and could not.
My thanks, always.
Whether the greater evil or the lesser evil wins, I did not sanction evil today!
Federalist, Democratic-Republican (Anti-Federalist), Jackson Democrats, Whigs, Democrats, Republican, and Progressive parties plus minor parties. They gained and lost power because voters accepted and then rejected the principles they stood for. I think the Republican party is on the way out since it no longer espouses any principles. Better to let it wither and die than encourage it with your vote. Vote your principles!
Elections in the USA are the biggest con of all.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1809