You're right. The vast majority will vote for the "lesser" of two evils, and be suprised when they get ...
evil.
I expect you will be very disappointed when none of that happens.
I just looked up that race. The CP party got 2.8% of the vote and that was with a major Tea Party PAC endorsement. Between the CP and LP combined, the only effect they had on the election was to come close to playing spoiler and give the race to the Democrat. The CP isn't going to have much, if any, Tea Party support in a presidential general election. Like it not, the overwhelmingly vast number of conservatives are going to vote for the GOP nominee. For every person that chases the 3rd party fantasy this year, another will regret having done that in the past and vote for the only candidate that can defeat Obama.
And one more problem you have with this 3rd party stuff is, a LOT of conservatives still have the Perot fiasco reasonably fresh in their minds. Perot managed to trick a lot of conservatives into voting for him, and it gave us 8 years of Clinton. Sadly, a Clinton that blunted much of the momentum conservatism had in the 1990's. Clinton didn't do much, but he did derail what should have been a very conservative and positive decade for the United States. No, 90%+ of conservatives aren't going to make that kind of mistake this time around.
I live here. I know the region. Their religious sentiment is deep and heartfelt.
I see the CP growing in Ohio.
FWIW, Robert Owens took 5% of the vote in 2008 Attny Genrl race. John McCain lost to Barack Obama by only 4.6% of the vote.
You're right. The vast majority will vote for the "lesser" of two evils, and be suprised when they get ...
evil.