>> “if you don’t vote for Romney it’s the same as voting for Obama,” which is, frankly, an emotional reaction entirely void of truth. <<
You’re new to these “election” thingies, aren’t you? And arithmetic seems to be a reach for you as well...
So ... a Democrat and an Independent who last time voted for Obama, but who this time vote third party, are still voting for Obama? Does your artithmetic calculate that Romney should be entitled, because you say so, to any vote of a person who declines Obama? Or is it different -- is the Democrat who votes third party this time, when he is scolded by a fellow Democrat that "that's the same as voting for Romney," which math is right, yours or the Democrat's who is doing the scolding?
You're confused, willfully. You are so angry at anyone who doesn't vote the way you want, that you lash out by saying, "It's the same as voting for Obama!" Just like the Democrat tells his disillusioned pal who votes third party, "It's the same as voting for Romney!"
Which proves that there's only ONE way to vote for a candidate: to mark his name on the ballot. Arithmetic is very clear on that.