Reply #56: Swing vote 101 [View All]

Swing voting just started in the 2000 election. The Republicans filed lawsuits to shut it down but failed. Here is a good article that describes it.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39860,00.html

So what's a Nader-loving, Bush-bashing voter to do? How can one support Nader, who needs 5 percent of the popular vote to qualify for federal matching funds during the next election, while ensuring a Gore White House?

Swap it.

That's the advice of people who have put up a host of websites encouraging Nader voters and Gore voters to "trade" votes with each other -- allowing Gore to win swing states like Wisconsin, Oregon and Pennsylvania, while letting Nader win votes in Bush-secure states such as Texas.

These sites, which are all less than a week old, go by names like VoteSwap2000, Votexchange2000, and, most memorably, NaderTrader.org.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39860,00.html