I tend to vote Green or leftist in not-close elections just because I figure the marginal effect of 1 vote is higher. The difference between 5 and 6 percent is a lot bigger than that between 30 and 31 percent, or 69 and 70 percent.
When they see the Republicans get more votes, their strategy over the last 20 years is to move more to the "center" (ie. more to the right).
That's because they're bought and paid-for by the same people as the Republicans. Almost all politicians are vector sums of corporations; you're just voting for one portfolio over another.
Democrat or Republican, as soon as they get invited to assholes' parties in Aspen and Easthampton, they fall in love with the asshole world and do whatever they can to stay connected to it. This social phenomenon has a technical name: goatsefication.
I tend to vote Green or leftist in not-close elections just because I figure the marginal effect of 1 vote is higher. The difference between 5 and 6 percent is a lot bigger than that between 30 and 31 percent, or 69 and 70 percent.
When they see the Republicans get more votes, their strategy over the last 20 years is to move more to the "center" (ie. more to the right).
That's because they're bought and paid-for by the same people as the Republicans. Almost all politicians are vector sums of corporations; you're just voting for one portfolio over another.
Democrat or Republican, as soon as they get invited to assholes' parties in Aspen and Easthampton, they fall in love with the asshole world and do whatever they can to stay connected to it. This social phenomenon has a technical name: goatsefication.