Well, in real terms, voting for a party that isn&#x27;t democrat or republican in the US is a waste of time. The idea that <i>eventually</i> there&#x27;d be enough of a groundswell of support that another party would even become competitive? It just isn&#x27;t going to happen with the way the US electoral system works. The Lib Dems in the UK have been fighting a similar fight for decades and still have little-to-no representation despite consistently getting 20%ish of the vote.<p>And in any case of all the reasons to vote for a party that is going to govern <i>everything</i>, intellectual property law is not at the top of the list. It&#x27;s certainly not going to be the issue to bring voters out in enough numbers to make the major parties sweat.