The impact of protest votes varies throughout the US – here’s a quick guide to where third party votes could affect which of the two main candidates winsAnother day closer to the presidential election,another slew of surveys – most of them showing that Hillary Clinton is in the lead. But the size of the Democratic candidate’s advantage varies considerably from poll to poll, partly because some questionnaires expect voters to consider the fact that there are more than two presidential nominees. Green party candidate Jill Stein is on the poll in 45 states and voters in another three states can choose to write her name in. And the Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is on the poll in 50 states.
Progressives who are feeling turned off by Clinton and/or Donald Trump, or the two most unpopular candidates in decades,might be considering a protest vote for one of these other parties (“protest” in the sense that third-party candidates have a less than 0.1% chance of winning). With just four days to proceed until the election, they might be wondering who will be hindered more by a protest vote – Democrat Clinton or Republican Trump?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com