Every year you hear the same thing– “This is the most important election ever! Don’t sit on the fence! Voting third party is just throwing your vote away!”
And I’m here to tell you that this is still as true as ever!
Unless 1) you are gunning for a third party candidate that has an established following and 2) you are willing to put in some work to support this candidate either monetarily or with your own activism, voting third party is a waste of your time. This is just how our election system was set up.
There is no second place. Ranked choice voting is not the national norm. Voting for anyone but the two front runners is about as politically effective as staying home on election day. If you have a third party candidate that you really love and are willing to advocate for, then go for it! Try to grow your movement! All movements start somewhere, but we are already well into the party primary process so if this is the first time you are thinking about this then it is probably too late. At this point, March 2024, Biden and Trump are our obvious choices and that is not looking like it will change.
With all that in mind, do you accept the consequences? Is Joe Biden’s handling of Israel Palestine worth a Trump presidency to you? Trump’s support of Israel is likely to be just as staunch, if not more, than Biden’s. Is revenge against Biden worth it? That is a question I will be answering myself over the next few months. There is still time until November for Biden to resolve all of this, but it requires decisive action now!