Reply #13: I'll say what others have said... [View All]

[bread_and_roses]

...if the Democrats were representing their traditional core constituencies, this would not be an issue. Here in NY, for instance, the Working Families Party was formed by Labor Unions and Community Action groups who essentially got fed up with the Dems coming round every four years for money and votes and then forgetting them. Of course, we have the luxury of fusion, meaning we can endorse candidates already on another line and the candidate gets the total votes from all the lines s/he is on. Thus in upstate NY you will see some Dems also on the Conservative line, believe it or not.

But even were this not so, I would argue that a healthy Democracy requires more than two parties, and would agree with the posters who asked why they should vote for candidates who represent policies which are anathama to them, like the death penalty.

Well-written piece, btw, concise and clear.