Five Reasons No Progressive Should Support Hillary Clinton

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157. It's a bad argument in theory

Unfortunately elections don't occur in theory. Either a Democrat or a Republican will win the 2016 election. You can argue all you want that both candidates are bad, but by any objective measure, there will be a candidate of those two who is closer to your ideal position. To maximize your chances of having a worse outcome, it's correct from a game theory perspective to vote for either the Democratic or Republican candidate that is closest to your preferred position.

You can call it an appeal to fear, but it's also a recognition that the math behind game theory is correct.

I don't particularly want Hillary to be the nominee, partially because I don't care for her some of her policies, partially because I don't like the idea of the pseudo-dynasty and partially because I don't trust her to win. But given Hillary or any of the idiots who look to be running on the Republican side, that's not a tough choice.

If you want a candidate that will fight for the positions you hold most dear, I'd honestly suggest working at the local level over time. Yes it's slow, but your voice will have more impact there and as more candidates that hold your preferred positions (or at least closer than you find Hillary to hold), eventually those candidates will trickle upward to state/national politics.