I'll say this: Don't let anyone tell you that you're "wasting your vote." The only "wasted" vote is where you do not vote your conscience. It does no good whatsoever to vote for those with rhetoric who obviously do not have the courage of their convictions. To me... that's "wasting your vote."
My plan is to support the Constitution Party to the hilt. If push came to shove and it was a toss up between a Republican and a Democrat in a national election, after carefully and thoroughly checking the Republican's background, I'd vote Republican. But I no longer believe in the Republican party. I will never, ever forget W and Jeb wussing out. Never.
"Wasting one's vote" ------> guilty of saying such.
My eyes have been opened. Although I do not see, in the foreseable future, any vote I may cast would do any immediate good (i.e., odds of actually electing that person), by "wasting my vote," I am: 1) empowering leaders to leave other parties to join one that represents strong ethical views/patriotic principals and/or 2) sending a signal to those who will not leave the Republican party to take strong note of the direction in which the people are moving....hopefully causing them to change their views. (But I don't know if that would ever happen).