I love going to modern coffee shops like Starbucks. There are so many amazing choices! When I go out for ice cream, I am sometimes overwhelmed by the amazing options and flavors at establishments like Baskin-Robbins. The United States of America is a country that strongly identifies with a concept of being unique and different. The rights of the individual is more important than the rights of the collective. So, why do we only have two major political parties to choose from? Really??!?! Democrats or Republicans? I have more choices for coffee and ice cream options.
If you feel strongly that one or the other of these parties reflects your core values, that is great. If like myself and many other citizens in the USA, you feel that you need more choices, I agree. When I tell people that I have only voted for a major party candidate once for President of the USA, they are often offended. They claim my choice isn't valid and I am somehow cheating the major party candidate of their choice. I often explain that I am not voting for a candidate, I am voting for a concept.
Wouldn't it be great to have more choices for political candidates in the United States of America that reflected your values and beliefs? I'm not an expert on campaign finance, but the simple rules are that party candidates need to get general support to have more funds for the next election cycle. If you want the details you can check out how public campaign funds work at the Federal Election Commission Website. Once other parties have FEC funding they will be more competitive and then we will have more choices to represent us, we the people.
When I vote for a candidate, that is not from the two major parties, I am not voting for this election. I am voting for the next election. If we want choices, we need to vote for choices beyond this year and look towards four, eight or twelve years ahead. This year there are several independent candidates.
Both the Green Party and the Libertarian Party are small, but growing. If you are looking for more choices, like me, do some research and find the right candidate for you. A great tool my friend Teri Centner shared with me is isidewith.com/.
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with regular coffee or plain ice cream, but I think it is crazy that I have only two choices for political parties to represent my views. I am not casting a vote for this election, I am casting my vote to gain FEC funds for more parties.
If you feel strongly that one or the other of these parties reflects your core values, that is great. If like myself and many other citizens in the USA, you feel that you need more choices, I agree. When I tell people that I have only voted for a major party candidate once for President of the USA, they are often offended. They claim my choice isn't valid and I am somehow cheating the major party candidate of their choice. I often explain that I am not voting for a candidate, I am voting for a concept.
Wouldn't it be great to have more choices for political candidates in the United States of America that reflected your values and beliefs? I'm not an expert on campaign finance, but the simple rules are that party candidates need to get general support to have more funds for the next election cycle. If you want the details you can check out how public campaign funds work at the Federal Election Commission Website. Once other parties have FEC funding they will be more competitive and then we will have more choices to represent us, we the people.
When I vote for a candidate, that is not from the two major parties, I am not voting for this election. I am voting for the next election. If we want choices, we need to vote for choices beyond this year and look towards four, eight or twelve years ahead. This year there are several independent candidates.
Both the Green Party and the Libertarian Party are small, but growing. If you are looking for more choices, like me, do some research and find the right candidate for you. A great tool my friend Teri Centner shared with me is isidewith.com/.
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with regular coffee or plain ice cream, but I think it is crazy that I have only two choices for political parties to represent my views. I am not casting a vote for this election, I am casting my vote to gain FEC funds for more parties.
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