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Should I vote for balance of power?
I'm an independent voter, often voting for libertarian candidates, but I'm thinking of voting Republicana t midterm just because I don't like seeing the house senate and white hous all controlled by one party. Is that a legit concern?
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November 20, 2009 01:48 PM
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I do think you have a legitimate concern! We just this month had a major election in my state. I found that more people here swung their votes to vote for a balance of power as well. I am all for balance. I love the checks and balances principals this country was founded upon!
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November 20, 2009 08:45 PM
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Vote with your views. If the republican candidate honestly fits your ideals vote for him or her, but if you are sacrificing your goals simply to supress a democrat don't do it.
If people break with the indipendent parties of choice to supress one party of a two party system, I think we will be stuck with a two party system for a very long time.
Voting for your party of choice has two long term benefits.
1) The libertarians may become a more powerful political party.
2) If republicans notice that they are loosing votes to libertarians they may try to absorb libertarian views. (Note: I think Ron Paul's largely libertarian views are a direct result of this.)
If libertarians loose steam and votes even at a time when the republicans are trying to find a stronger voice, we may find ourselves stuck with big government republicans vs big government democrats . . . if your goal is small government this is a loose loose situation.
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If people break with the indipendent parties of choice to supress one party of a two party system, I think we will be stuck with a two party system for a very long time.
Voting for your party of choice has two long term benefits.
1) The libertarians may become a more powerful political party.
2) If republicans notice that they are loosing votes to libertarians they may try to absorb libertarian views. (Note: I think Ron Paul's largely libertarian views are a direct result of this.)
If libertarians loose steam and votes even at a time when the republicans are trying to find a stronger voice, we may find ourselves stuck with big government republicans vs big government democrats . . . if your goal is small government this is a loose loose situation.
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November 24, 2009 12:56 AM
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Casting your vote to the Republican side should not be done merely to obtain balance of power. If however you are not content with the Democratic agenda currently in prevalence, then yes, by all means cast it for the Republican
In reality in doing that, you are not casting your vote as a gesture to obtain a balance of power, but rather as a check against events developing in a way that you do not agree with.
Voting to check advances of ideologies that you disagree with is an effective use of your vote. Voting just to achieve a balanced powerbase for a 2 party political system is not so.
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In reality in doing that, you are not casting your vote as a gesture to obtain a balance of power, but rather as a check against events developing in a way that you do not agree with.
Voting to check advances of ideologies that you disagree with is an effective use of your vote. Voting just to achieve a balanced powerbase for a 2 party political system is not so.
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