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To: koinonia
a vote for a third party candidate or a write in candidate would not change anything in the slightest

Actually, the way delegate allocation is, it quite possibly could. Let's take Virginia for example. Let's say it is very close with Obama winning by 4 and Goode gets 5% of the vote. If Virginia goes winner take all, even a small single digit take by Goode could give Obama those delegates. The closer the race, the more third party candidates can change the outcome (talk to Nader and Gore about Florida).

255 posted on 09/28/2012 1:20:16 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehring

In this case, Virginia becomes a swing state. In New York or California, for example, you can vote and campaign for Romney until the cows come home and the entire electoral college will still go to B.O. A third party vote in a CLEARLY non swing state won’t affect anything. Just saying...


287 posted on 09/29/2012 1:04:58 AM PDT by koinonia (Virgil Goode for President - I'm not getting paid to promote him :-))
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