[ExI] Signal

[John Clark]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:


​> >​
>> when somebody votes for a third party candidate they're ​helping to give
>> Donald Trump total control of 4500 H-bombs
>>
>
> ​> ​
> That is only true for voters where:
> 1) they are in a state where the electoral outcome isn't basically
> predetermined, meaning their presidential vote does not count for anything
> other than whether the winner perceives a mandate
> 2) they would otherwise have voted for Clinton
>
Number 1 in particular is false for the vast majority of voters.
>

​Are you really willing to bet not only your life but the continuation of
the entire human race on the validity of a poll taken 3​

​months before the election? If you think there is more than a 16.6%​
probability that poll will turn out to be wrong you should no more vote for
a third party candidate than you would play Russian Roulette.

 John K Clark
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