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In reply to the discussion: Are there really people on DU who won't vote for the Democratic candidate if [View all]Martin Eden
(15,592 posts)If there is any chance of a Republican winning my home state of Illinois, I will vote for Hillary if she is the Democratic candidate. Otherwise, I'll cast my presidential vote for a 3rd party candidate and check the Dem box in other races.
I would LOVE to see an end to the "winner take all" system and the Electoral College, and have the president elected on nationwide popular vote. Until that time comes, a handful of swing states will decide the election. I'd also love to see Instant Runoff Voting (ranked choice) so I could select a 3rd party candidate first and the Dem candidate 2nd. If we had this in 2000, Gore would have been elected instead of GW Bush (Nader voters would not have put Bush ahead of Gore).
Hillary lost my vote in 2002 when she jumped on the Iraq war bandwagon. I am sick and tired of holding my nose when I cast my ballot, but if that what it takes to keep a Rethug out of the White House I'll do it.