Could a Strategy be to Vote Third Party?

                            

        The election of 2024 is seven months away.  Do you know who you are voting for?  When I listen to the news and talk radio the general consensus is that about 70% of Americans are dissatisfied with the choices we have in Trump and Biden. The third-party choices of RFK Jr., Jill Stein, and Cornel West are alternative choices but are they better than the two party "favorites?"

     I have a few Independents in my circle. Being an Independent is an easy thing to say you affiliate with because it requires little to no commitment. And let's face it these days no one really wants to have a political conversation with someone that they don't agree with. Gone are the days of sitting around your living room and talking politics with those that are not on the same page. The division Trump has brought has been like nothing I have seen in the thirty plus years I have been following politics. I've seen family and friends both disassociate with myself and others over political affiliation the last few presidential cycles.

      What is your strategy going to be this election? Hold your nose and vote for the lesser of two evils or go for an alternative third party? Maybe if you are one of the people in this country that are Independent it is time to put your money where your mouth is and vote Independent? Maybe you are a Democrat but just can't see how Joe Biden is going to physically survive another presidency, or maybe you're a Republican that is tired of the chaos, you're thinking of voting Independent? According to a national NBC News poll (1,000 registered voters nationwide were polled) finds 26% of registered voters say they could vote for a different candidate than the one they are currently supporting. Basically, one in four voters could change their minds on the presidential race. It is not that voters are sold completely on RFK Jr. or Jill Stein, it is that they are capturing the dissatisfaction that voters have toward the two current options. 

     I don't believe that a third-party candidate will be able to win because of the electoral college piece needed. But by voting third party it could send a message to the people in Washington that the American people are fed up. Maybe a third-party vote would not be such a bad strategy this presidential election.  I don't look at this as a spoiler vote but possibly a chance to change things for the better and send a message to the mainstream candidates about what is important to the American people. Maybe it is time?...