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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition to the points raised above, it would be a wasted vote.  Even with three candidates, he has no chance.  Many people who would have voted for him in a two person race as a protest vote likely will vote for Floreen, either because they like her enough or as the lesser of two evils (in their minds).[/quote]

Op here... 
I wouldn’t totally count Ficker out — Floreen and Elrich night we’ll split the vote and leave room for Ficker to pull through.

Floreen just wants to rubber stamp development without regards to schools and is going to raise taxes
Elrich will definitely raise taxes and is just scary extreme

So torn on what to do here. [/quote]

Even in a normal election, the R gets about 1/3.  It would only be close if Elrich and Floreen split evenly.  Ficker isn't going to do better than normal here.  And I think there is a lot of reason to think he will get a lot less.

I might have voted Ficker other years because, why not?  Elrich would win anyway and at least I could do something symbolic.  But now, I won't waste a vote on him, or if you think he has a chance, I wouldn't be vote for him since he'd be a disaster.  So, now I'll vote for Floreen since she's better than Elrich and not insane like Ficker.[/quote]

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