Thanks for weighing in and introducing yourself! I often wonder who the new arrivals are, what their stories are, and how they found their way here.
Gotta say - I'll be one of those here who agrees with you, with bells on and sirens blowing - about the utter folly of voting third party. All that does is hand the election to the GOP. You're sending a message alright. But it's guaranteed to be the one that gets you the response of "thanks, CHUMP!" from the bad guys you inadvertently helped across the finish line. That's how our system is, no matter who wants to argue how earnestly about it. That's just what IS. Like it or not, we're a two-party system. PERIOD. And yeah, there are many who don't like that. But it also means there are just as many who are eager to cut their noses off to spite their faces. And please somebody tell me, how well does THAT ever work out? Rebels, renegades, and other third-party outworlders just wind up being spoilers. Plain 'n' simple. Sorry, but that's the fact. As we've seen. All too painfully.
I, too, did NOT hold my nose to vote for Hillary. I couldn't wait to vote for Hillary!!! It was something I'd been waiting to do ever since I started learning about her - and just resonating with the woman like nobody's business. NEVER encountered any political person, male or female, with whom I connected at such a deeply profound level as I did with Hillary - and long before she ever became a formalized politician in her own right. She's the candidate I realized I was waiting all my life to vote for. She's my president, too. The Orange Shartmaster will NEVER be anything even close to that. And I don't vote for ANYBODY but "D's." NEVER an "R." 'Cause I don't believe in lurching our nation into Reverse.
Welcome! You sound like a sister to me. But probably nowhere near as annoying as I can be, here! 
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