Originally Posted by flaja

It bad enough to have to vote for the lesser of two evils because you still end up with evil. But, 2006 was the first time that I was totally repulsed by both Democrat and Republican candidates.

My city elections are coming in a few months. We have an open primary- all candidates are listed on the same ballot and a run-off election is held for any race in which no candidate wins a majority. The incumbent mayor is a Republican (who spends like a Democrat or George W. Bush). He has 1 Democrat challenger. I have never voted for a Democrat and likely never will. However, I just sent an email to this Democrat suggesting a few campaign issues. If she replies, I’ll talk to her even if I end up not voting for her. Half of politics is maintaining open lines of communication. D.C. doesn’t remember this, and many people on internet message boards don’t know this to begin with.