because of the winner take all electroal college thing, a vote for the third party actually often ends up being a vote FOR the guy you don't want.
Let's say Bush is ahead by 1 vote, and you don't want him in, but you can't bring yourself to vote for kerry... so you vote for ralph nader or whoever the actual third party dude of the year is, and there ya go, Bush gets 100% of the electoral college votes.
People much wiser than I have said that the third party candidates the last time around had an overwhelming effect on who has been in the White House for the last 3 years.
Alex
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