&gt; I always vote 3rd party when available, because I know they won&#x27;t win. It&#x27;s a &quot;none of the above&quot; vote, where &quot;above&quot; means dems and reps.<p>This quote must feel like a punch in the gut to anyone who believes in that 3&#x27;rd party you voted for. They thought &quot;look, we didn&#x27;t win, but at least X number of people agree with us, we&#x27;ll do better next time&quot;. They don&#x27;t realize you haven&#x27;t even looked at what they stood for, and it wasn&#x27;t even a pity vote, it was a throwaway because you didn&#x27;t feel like writing in Micky Mouse.