Topic List

This blog is dedicated to the question of whether it makes sense to vote for third parties. Here are subtopics, both written and as yet unwritten:

• Introduction
• The Argument Against 3^rd Party Voting + Strengths and Weaknesses
• Is a United Left Still Possible?
• Why Focus on 3rd Party Voters Specifically?
• Idealism vs.Pragmatism
• Can 3rd Party Votes Swing an Election? Revisiting Nadar in 2000.
• Could a 3rd Party Deadlock the Election?
• Vote Trading and Vote Pacts
• Conscientious Abstention, Protest Votes and Election Boycotts
• Are the Republicans and Democrats the Same?
• Election Simulator; Calculating the Odds of a Spoiler Effect
• A Game Theory Approach
• Two Party Governments, Other Broken Systems and Alternatives
• Career Politicians vs Political Outsiders
• The Person vs. The Platform
• Victory Is Not the Goal: Other Motives for Voting 3^rd Party
• Victory Is the Goal: How Would a 3^rd Party Run the Government?
• General Links