On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Voting for Ralph Nader is not throwing your vote away. The president
> is not elected by popular vote. The president is elected by the
> electoral college, which is an "all-or-nothing" situation, if a
> candidate gets a majority of one state, they win all the electoral
> votes for that state, period. In most states, the race is, for the
> most part, already decided. You only really have to worry if you live
> in one of the "battleline" states, where the race is yet to be
> decided. Chances are, voting for Nader instead of Gore will not
> change the outcome of the race, but it will send a powerful message to
> the person who is elected to the office of president. It will send a
> very clear message that you are dissatisfied with the current 2 party
> system, and that you want our nation's policy to move toward those
> stances that Ralph Nader stands for.
If Nader gets enough votes this election, his party will be eligible for
Federal campaign funds in the next presidential election.
Julia
