“This is covered in like the first class of Statistics 101.”
Must be that new math the kids are learning. No wonder they can’t get anything right.
You don’t get it. You can reverse and apply your whole argument to Romney. It would be just as valid or invalid. Therefore, according to your argument then Romney would come out the winner. Your whole argument is therefore, nonsense.
Now I don’t want either of them. So if I vote for neither of them then it is a vote for Ron Paul even if I don’t pull the lever for Ron Paul. Not that Ron Paul is so great either. And I am not saying I am voting for him, But if I pull the lever for him then something really incredible happens. I get to cast two votes for Ron Paul. The one I cast by not voting for Romney or Obama. And the one I cast by pulling Ron Paul’s lever.
Now that is pretty cool. Maybe your math is useful after all.
I'm not sure what it is about this fairly straightforward concept that is not getting through to you, but no, you can't reverse it. You have one vote. Either you use it to vote for the candidate with the best chance to defeat Obama, or Obama needs one less vote to win. If you choose not to vote, or to vote for a candidate with no realistic chance of winning, then you have aided Obama.