Not to knock all the Nader voters, but...

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I actually voted for him in 2000. It was out of protest of Bush and Gore. I hate that we sometimes feel forced to choose the lesser of two evils!

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He has 0% of the vote.

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Posted by jessicae129

I actually voted for him in 2000. It was out of protest of Bush and Gore. I hate that we sometimes feel forced to choose the lesser of two evils!

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I did this in 2000 also but this year I picked someone since I didn't want a vote for Nadar to take a vote away from Bush.

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I voted ofr NAder in 2000. i love ralphn nader, but I think he's being a reall A-hole...I saw him on meet the press and he was asked if it was 5 minutes until the polls closed in ohio and it was 49% and 49%, and won of his supporters called and asked 'whos hould I vote for?' he would still tell him to vote for him. According to the iddeals of nader and msot of his supporters, kerry would be better for america...

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I think a lot of people vote for 3rd party candidates (like Nader) to give them support. If they get enough votes, we don't need to be a two party country anymore.

I voted third party today - I voted for Kerry, but I voted in the Working Families box, rather than the Democrat box.

I'd love to see another party actually be able to realistically challenge Democrats & Replublicans.

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My mom voted for him because she doesn't like Kerry or Bush. I told her she should vote for whoever she thinks not as worse as the other (Kerry). But she voted for Nader. No matter, Kerry got NY anyway.

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i like nader... i wanted to vote for him just on principle...even though i know he wouldnt win,... but then that might help Bush win, so i didnt

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I would vote a third party but this race is too close to do that.
I don't care for either of them but I can't stand GW so my vote went to Kerry to try to boot him out of office but it doesn't look like that's going to happen

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Posted by LisaT

I'd love to see another party actually be able to realistically challenge Democrats & Replublicans.

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So would I. Particularly since the candidates put forward by the two 'major' parties have been seriously lacking in recent years.

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What's everyone's beef with Nader - it doesn't matter. He didn't get nearly the number of votes in any state to have made a difference for Kerry. Iowa and New Hampshire were the closest - NH was won by Kerry so it's irrelevant. In Iowa, there's a current difference of 15,625. Nader only received 5,743 votes. Give all of them to Kerry and he still doesn't win.

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I voted for him because I refuse to cast my vote for either Bush or Kerry. I feel that they are both going to be awful leaders. I'm tired of choosing the lesser of 2 evils. We should have more of a choice for president.

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First, I do think most of Nader's views are crazy but he has every right to run - but I do think that it is good he tries to challenge the 2 party system but in this close election he is not going to get much voter turnout.

However, I do think it is dangerous to vote for Kerry just to vote against Bush or vice versa- that is a negative vote in my opinion and not a way someone should be elected. So the Nader vote could be used as that neutral vote but this time I dont think it is a factor .

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I voted Nader, he is who I believe in and I agree with him on almost everything...I might have thought about giving Kerry my vote, if I did not live in NY, but Nader won me over...I voted Nader in 2000 as well, and have been told for the last 4 yrs that I was a wasted vote. I do not believe in this, I feel that every election we face is going to be important, and there is never going to be the 'right' time to vote for Nader, or a year when Democrats don't need the vote. If Deomcrats want my vote, they need to reach me on a Nader level.