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I'm from a very red state, Idaho, and there isn't much of a competition going on between local Dems here, and its an open-ballot, meaning you don't have to declare your party preference in order to vote for either party, but you can only vote in one ballot (Republican or Dem) during the primary. With the Dem ballot looking pretty bleak with not much action, I've been thinking about voting on the "dark side," for the lesser of the evils, just to try and disrupt some of the Republican incumbents' momentum, and stir things up on the other side. There are some libertarian leaning Republicans who I think would be a lot better than those of the mold of Bush, who I think could shake things up over there and cause real trouble. Anything to weaken and split the Republican base in advance of the general election, where I will once again vote the lesser of the evils, by voting against the Republican candidates who do make it there.
Do you think its a waste of my vote in the primary? Voting against the hard-core religious conservatives, could I only be making it easier for whatever Republican does win the primary to win in the general election? Maybe... but again, voting under our current system is all about choosing the lesser of the evils, not who you actually want to ideally see win. It would just seem to be the more pragmatic thing to do.
Thoughts?
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