I love you, with all my heart.

Right. That is correct, but it doesn’t mean these two aren’t highly experienced individuals that should gain better traction on a big stage given their background.

gary johnson and bill weld were both two term governors 

I’m guessing you’re asking why Greens didn’t mobilize after 2000, and a large part of that probably has to do with all the shit Democrats said about “Nader cost us the election!!!!” ignoring the fact that their candidate also lost a shitton of Democrat voters to Bush in Florida, and it was entirely his fault (whether…

They’re quite large in a place like NY state. The Working Families Party routinely scoops up 9% of the vote, and uses this to their advantage by often endorsing a Republican or Democratic candidate on the ballot, delivering a critical swing of votes in their direction. In the absence of instant runoff voting, this…

You do realize someone that takes the time to complain how admittedly awful Hillary Clinton is and write out cogent reasons why she is so bad is someone most likely to vote all the time?

You’ve eaten too many crackers from crackers.

No, I live in MA where my votes and elected officials don’t make me feel dirty.

So said the youth in the 60s.

The Libertarians and Greens do just that and both parties have over 100 elected officials nationwide in just those kinds of down ballot positions. while I realize that might not sound too impressive, it must be considered that qualifying and being taken seriously as candidates for those type offices are often just as…

There are idiots on both sides, the clinton supporters here in Maine saw nothing wrong with vandalizing 20 cars at a trump rally, or constantly stealing and defacing signs.

...but Obama still won, so I’m confused, what’s the problem?

And this is why I’ll be voting for a third-party candidate that I don’t really like this year. Rather than voting for either of two mainstream candidates that I also don’t like.

We really need a instant run off voting law. Basically you can vote for the looney of your choice, and if neither of the top two candidates break over 50% then your second choice is then considered. (then your third, fourth, etc.) it’s easy to implement and not expensive to do, and several municipalities do it on…

But you’re OK with me saying that to all of my Republican/Pro-Trump friends about Johnson right?

What argument? There was no actual argument put forth in Chocolate’s whining.

Actually, if you look at coalition systems it tends to decrease gridlock as it creates a government where you simply can’t go zero-sum.

They need to gain a certain amount of support (usually 5%) to qualify the next election as an auto-on the ballot. Other stuffs too including funding.

You realize the DNC has “ignore downticket races” as a core belief, yes?

What about people who have real, from-the-left critiques of Clinton that have never been actually addressed?