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    Voting third party could get your least favorite candidate elected

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    (If you vote third party, you’re not throwing away your vote; you’re helping the baddest apple win.)

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    It will be one of two “apples” elected president next week – red or green.

    Yes there will There may be other fruits on your ballot as well – bananas, kumquats, pears and perhaps kiwis. Some of these third-party fruits might even have delicious ideas you’ll want the nation to sink its teeth into.

    This won’t happen – not this election seasonat least.

    Non-apples may be delicious, but at this rate they’re not going to be going to the Oval Office. Nor is it the very passionate and popular passion fruit that you might think would do a better job than apples.

    It’s been a crazy few months in politics, but there’s no doubt either Vice President Kamala Harris will win the Democratic diamond or former President Donald Trump will win the Republican diamond.

    These are not my rules. As Ohioans and other voters across the country vote, it’s a truth I can’t help but share.

    The good apple and the rotten one

    I think one of the apples running for office is rotten to the core and is a danger to the world. Maybe you completely disagree and think the apple I choose is the bad apple that endangers the planet. Or maybe you think both apples are slimy and gross.

    You have the right to your opinion and your vote, but that doesn’t change the fact that Harris or Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on January 20.

    We do not live in a utopia.

    Even if you think they are better suited to be commander in chief, bananas, kumquats, pears and kiwis will not magically appear.

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    I’m not a fan of our options, but all things considered, I think the apple I chose is pretty good.

    It’s not perfect. It has bruises and blemishes on it and I can understand why some people are examining it.

    However, biting into my apple won’t send me into Sleeping Beauty paralysis or break my teeth. It will not resemble original sin.

    Brown spots and bruises are better from apple maggots infesting other apples. They make this apple completely unfit to lead this or any other nation. That apple can’t keep the doctor away, and if he wins, I may not be able to afford healthcare.

    President Harris or President Trump

    I like my apples well enough, but like everyone else I wish we had more fruit to choose from. I also wish a unicorn would drive me to work every morning, but unicorns can’t get driver’s licenses in the state of Ohio. Again, I don’t make the rules.

    It’s not ideal, but America’s two-party system is the reality we have until it’s not ideal.

    Until that day, we will have two apple races.

    This means that if you vote for someone other than Trump or Harris, you are voting for Trump or Harris. Voting for coconuts, mangoes, peaches, or bananas can make you feel like you’re sending a message or changing the system.

    Not 100%.

    The point you are trying to make cannot be made; All you can do is help the apple you dislike the most. Principles are pretty useless if the world around you is falling apart.

    Apples have different seeds

    Let’s say you can’t stomach two apples.

    It’s okay if you don’t think the apples are equally tender. This seems unlikely, considering that apples are so different from each other in so many ways.

    Of course there is Something This makes one apple better than the other, even in the mind of the greatest critic.

    The presidential race is nearly tied Suffolk University/USA TODAY’latest survey. Harris potential customers Embers With 45% of the vote nationally. There are 44 percent.

    The survey revealed that 5 percent of participants were still undecided, while 3 percent refused to answer. Independent Cornel West, Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Chase Oliver each received 1% of the vote.

    Kumquats can ruin everything

    Elections are not determined by popular votes; That means non-apples can really make a difference in swing states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

    An argument could be made that Stein ruined Hillary Clinton’s chances of becoming president in 2016. Ralph Nader was certainly a pain in the ass who kept Al Gore out of the White House in 2000.

    West, Stein Even if you add their totals together and multiply by two, Oliver doesn’t stand a chance. Their votes may make a difference, but not for them.

    If you vote for them, you won’t be throwing away your vote, you’ll be helping the baddest apple win. Are you defending a principle or offering the world sour grapes?

    Amelia Robinson is the Columbus Dispatch’s opinion and community engagement editor.

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