[xzins]

your vote was wasted.

Not if your INTENTION was to establish or strengthen a 3rd conservative party.

Then your vote would do EXACTLY as intended.

ABOR

[Longbow1969]

Then your vote would do EXACTLY as intended.

I can intend to write in Donald Duck because I believe there is a nationwide movement to elect a Disney character. Doesn't mean it isn't a stupid idea. 3rd party's don't work in our winner take all system. With no opportunity for coalition government, 3rd party's will always fail. Why do you think Ron Paul came back to the Republican party? He knew that without the GOP label his beliefs could never be advanced.

[SunTzuWu]

Not if your INTENTION was to establish or strengthen a 3rd conservative party.

Then your vote would do EXACTLY as intended.

Not at all. The time for that is the primaries and between elections. In the general election 3rd parties are spoilers you wasted a vote.