[Responsibility2nd]

The swamp is not the problem. The real problem is people who vote for the lesser of two evils. The swamp is just the inevitable result. We don’t need to drain the swamp. We need to knock some sense into people who vote for “Republicans” just because they have an “R” next to their name. The swamp would self-drain, if we could just get them to think more rationally.

 

How do you propose to do that? Should we not vote at all? Vote for an independent who has no chance of winning? Do a write-in?

 

[jjsheridan5]

How do you propose to do that?

It ain't rocket science.

Should we not vote at all? Vote for an independent who has no chance of winning? Do a write-in?

See. Three viable approaches already.

The only reason Democrats are even competitive nationally is because they have no real opposition. Allowing Democrats to replace those Republicans who are allied to the Democrats, would give the Democrats slightly better numbers in the short run, but cripple them in the long run. But, since so many Republican voters just think about the short term, emotionally gratifying, "victories" of R over D, the swamp festers, and the Democrats (and their allies) thrive.

Terrible tradeoff, IMO.