Reply #14: There is no such thing as a protest vote. [View All]

[Donald Ian Rankin]

There are only three meaningful categories among voters: those who vote for someone who might win and will caucus with the Democrats, those who vote for someone who might win and will caucus against the Democrats, and those who don't give a damn about the fate of their country (with arguably a fourth category applying in Connecticut, where there's a candidate who may win and who's caucusing can't be predicted with total accuracy).

There is no moral distinction whatsoever between someone who doesn't care enough to vote, and someone who wastes their vote by using it as a so-called "protest"; both are achieving exactly the same effect. The only meaningful numbers are +1, -1 and 0 -- how that 0 is achieved is irrelevant.

A protest vote is a non-vote. Make your vote so some good, or don't bother using it.