[LS]

Wrong logic. Not to choose is to choose. Those who voted for weak 3rd party candidates in the Weimar Republic essentially voted for Hitler, regardless of what they thought. There are a finite number of votes. In a country where voter registration still favors the Dems, every vote NOT for a Republican is a Dem vote.

[RJCogburn]

There are a finite number of votes. In a country where voter registration still favors the Dems, every vote NOT for a Republican is a Dem vote.

There is a finite number of votes cast. There is also a finite number of potential votes. Most people who could vote do not. You are correct in that many people choose not to vote.There are a lot more non votes than votes and with those, the Dems could make the same argument.

For about all of my life I did not understand why so many did not vote. I have never missed an election at any level. Even in a small town election where I had lived only a short time and did not know the candidates or the issues well enough to believe I could make a good decision I went to the poll and got my ballot and just blanked it out.

After all these years I am beginning to understand why at least some people choose not to vote. I don't know what I'll do...probably vote....but there is no way I'll vote for somebody just because he's got the (R) or against somebody just because he's got the (D).