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KIM JONG TRILL posted:Voting for a more liberal third party tells the Democratic Party that they need to shift left to get your vote. Voting for the Democratic Party unequivocally because they are better than the Republicans does nothing in the way of pushing them to champion an issue. I'm curious about something. If both of these things are true: 1: We have to vote for more liberal parties to send a message! 2: We have to vote for Democrats or else Republicans will win and take us backwards! What about the following strategy: If you're in a Solid Blue state, vote for a Pro-Marriage third party, but if you're in Wavering Purple, vote Democratic. This minimizes the chance of sending a Republican into an office, while still having large numbers of people being able to protest vote Democratic stupidity. It also makes sense on another level: If you're attempting to recruit Democratic voters for a third party campaign, you'll presumably have more luck in an area where there are are already lots of Democratic voters anyway. I can't think of any plausible sounding downsides, though, which makes me concerned I'm missing something. What are the flaws in this plan?
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