If you can't or won't vote for Clinton or Trump what should you do? (Actually on second thought this is aimed at those who would otherwise be democratic candidate supporters). One should vote because there are many candidates down the ballot that deserve support; so vote. For President, one could vote Green or Libertarian. My suggestion would be to write-in Senator Bernie Sanders. He will still be around after the election and has a greater chance of effecting change than either Johnson or Stein. If Clinton wins (which appears likely) my guess is she will push Sanders aside. He could be the choice to replace Harry Reid as Minority Leader of the Senate; Reid is retiring at the end of this January and Sanders could be a replacement. If the democrats can manage to re-take the Senate or even win 50 seats (a tie) then the Minority Leader become the Majority Leader and will replace Mitch McConnell. Unfortunately "Billary" has already made it known that she/he will pick Senator Chuck Schemer of NY for that post, further marginalizing Sanders. Clinton has already shunned Sanders and his supporters by her pick of Kaine as her VP and I believe some promise was made with Sanders-a cabinet post maybe-to keep him in line and supporting the ticket until after the election. Whatever promise was made to Sanders before the convention will after the election be "shit-canned" and he and his ideas will be ignored for the next four years. Thus, getting to my point, a write in for Sanders will make an impression on Clinton and her team that his supporters will not stay in line if Sanders is ignored.
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