WHY TO AVOID A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE

Here's why you may want to think twice before voting for a third party candidate.

I have found that some folks don't realize the difference between Delegate assignments in a Primary election and Electoral Vote assignments in a General election. This excerpt from a Government website should clarify it:
"The District of Columbia and 48 states have a winner-takes-all rule for the Electoral College. In these States, whichever candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more ...than any other candidate), takes all of the state’s Electoral votes. Only two states, Nebraska and Maine, do not follow the winner-takes-all rule. In those states, there could be a split of Electoral votes among candidates through the state’s system for proportional allocation of votes."

The bottom line is that it is virtually impossible for most third party candidates to win any electoral votes, and your vote really doesn't count. If you're faced with a situation where both major party candidates are problematic to you, it's better to choose the one that's least objectionable to you, hold your breath, pull the lever and then go home to cry.