Human rights activist and former British Amb. Craig Murray writes: With two such appalling candidates, is major problem. Many people are voting Trump to stop Clinton, even though they don’t like Trump. Many others are voting Clinton to stop Trump, even though don’t like Clinton. Both Republicans and Democrats fear that support third party candidate, […]
A VotePact Dialogue
Steve: Why Jason, will you my vote buddy?
Jason: What ever are you proposing?
Steve: You’ve been a right winger as long as I’ve known you. I dare say you’ve not ever voted Democratic?
Jason: I avoid doing things that would lead me upon reflection to blow my brains out.
Steve: Well, I should admit to you I’ve voted Democratic at times. Why just this election, I voted for Bernie Sanders.
Can A Third Political Party Bring Change in US Foreign Policy?
The dissatisfaction with the two establishment parties is substantial, and is hardly a new phenomena. But the establishment of a third political party has not reached a tipping point for several reasons. by Sam Husseini A widely-covered Gallup poll in mid-February found support for a third party at a highpoint. This was apparently fueled in substantial […]
Talking VotePact on Flashpoints
Recently did a few interviews on various outlets, including Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein out of KPFA, the birthplace of listener sponsored radio. On web here — starts at the 19:00 minute mark. (Also, it’s on podcast here. It’s the second segment.)
VotePact Gives You Leverage Over the Duopoly
VotePact is a voting strategy that advocates that people vote for their actual preferences by pairing up with someone on the other side of the Democratic-Republican divide. So people can strategically vote for the candidates they most like without fear of helping those they most fear. Instead of effectively cancelling out each other — one for […]
Problems with Rejecting the “Safe State” Strategy
The group RootsAction is backing the “safe state” strategy as espoused by RootsAction — are out the window and that anyone who wants to stop Trump must vote for Biden no matter where they live. They may criticize Biden in some ways, but they are planning on voting for him even though they are in […]
Full VotePact Segment on Katie Halper Show
Talking VotePact on Katie Halper Show with Sam Husseini
VotePact is an all volunteer effort. Special thanks to Stephanie Welch who both suggested Katie book Sam on and then cut the video. If you’d like to help, please spread the word or drop a line to sam@votepact.org. If you can contribute financially — we’d love to do VotePact-related polling — please drop a line […]
VotePact is Totally Different from “VoteSwapping”
People continue to be confused by voteswapping. This happens every four years in part because major media like the New York Times, NPR and ABC have periodically hyped voteswapping and have continuously ignored VotePact. Voteswapping involves voters in so-called “swing” states who want to vote for third parties “swap” votes with committed Democrats and Republicans […]
Sanders Suspends: What Happened? What Now?
Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk commented just as Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign: “Bernie made a number of mistakes that I highlighted and broke down in detail. No excuses. Having said that, you’re out of your fucking mind if you think I’ll forget or look past ‘bloody monday’, aka the day Obama got Pete & […]