Here is the thing I don’t get...why does any political party believe it is entitled to votes from a segment of the population? Is it some sort of welfare?
Because of the need for campaign fund raising they have forgotten that money can't actually buy votes.
That's probably what I loathe most about Jeb and Hillary: their candidacies just ooze a sense of entitlement.
Every election, the candidates annointed for coronation by their political parties try to scare voters away from "extremist" candidates in their own parties or away from third parties as "wasted votes," while in the meantime offering voters no real choice with D vs. R. They act as though they somehow own the votes of millions of Americans without doing the least bit to earn it.
I really don't see Trump's appeal, but I understand the appeal of a third party "none of the above" vote as a matter of principle when Jeb and Hillary could switch parties without anyone noticing.