A serious question, leave your rhetoric at the door, please.

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Did you get to vote for whom you wanted today?

Not 'did you get to vote' or 'did you get to put the mark on the ballot where you decided to and no one tossed it in the trash'...

Did YOU get to vote for WHOM YOU WANTED?

Not 'for whom you wanted from the two choices handed to you'.



Or did you, like I, come home feeling like you needed to take a shower because your vote really *didn't* count, since your opinion wasn't allowed to be voiced when it matters? (The primaries are only an artificial construct of our two-party system, and serve only to limit voter choice.)

Did you get to vote for WHOM YOU WANTED... or did you have to settle for lesser of two evils?

I don't care who you actually voted for, that's your business and no one else's. A simple yes or no will suffice.

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At a national and state level? Hell, no. I went with those least undesirable who actually had chances of winning. Because that means that the most undesirable don't win.

At a local level (county and city), yes. Hoping that as the parties get more recognition at a local level, they'll be able to increase their visibility and memorability.

On the other hand, I voted. So I get to bitch about the results, no matter what happens.

I admit to playing the two-party game, although I wholly agree with your arguments for ranked voting, and a few other points you've brought up.