Democratic-Republican Party Government: Unnecessary Wars, Recession, Unconstitutional Legislation, Rampant Corruption etc.

How many more reasons to vote third party and independent do we really need? In an opinion column for the News Record, a student newspaper at the University of Cincinnati, Jeremy Davis argues in favor of supporting third party and independent candidates for office in the voting booth this November. Some choice excerpts:

We’ve given the Democrats and the Republicans more than enough chances to get it right. In return, they’ve given us numerous unnecessary wars, a recession, unconstitutional legislation that we didn’t want and a corrupt two-party system that ran its course long ago . . .

The monopoly that the Republicans and Democrats have over elections, both local and federal, is quite undemocratic. Those who choose to run as a third party have had to traditionally jump through so many hoops they’d be better off working for Cirque du Soleil rather than with the political clowns in office all around the country . . .

I’ve heard so many times that a vote for a third-party candidate or a candidate who isn’t thought of as viable is a wasted vote. More often I’ve heard that some will go and simply vote for someone they view as the “lesser of two evils.” I don’t accept that argument because if you’re voting for the “lesser of two evils,” you’re still voting for evil.

To me, voting for a candidate — even if they seem like they have no chance of winning — is not a wasted vote. A wasted vote is voting for someone simply because they’re not the other guy . . .

Its time the Republicans and Democrats get their wake up call and voting for a third party in this years’ elections is one of the most effective ways to do it.