The left in America has voted for the lesser of evils for the last 30 years, and the resulting political drift rightward has given us Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and now gives us the choice of Albert Gore, Jr. or George W. Bush. Neither choice represents a future for progressive political action in the US or in the World at large. The problem is that the lesser of two evils is still evil. If we continue to vote for the lesser of two evil choices, in ten years, we may very well see an election in which the Democrats nominate someone like George Bush, and the Republicans happily move even further right. If, however, progressives are to be serious about our beliefs, we must stop make the two parties realize we are serious.
Some people say that voting for a third party candidate is just throwing a vote away.
They say that voting for a candidate who can't win is like not voting at all. We don't believe this is true, and here is why. Even with an astounding amount of media silence, the Nader campaign is drawing thousands of people, young and old, to the Green Party rallies. In Seattle, New York and other cities, thousands of people are enthusiastically turning out to hear Nader's message. The major parties can't touch this kind of enthusiasm.