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As a Brit I am at a loss to understand the American way of voting. For me, a primary is a kind of school for infants, and a caucus is a kind of race that took place in Alice in Wonderland. What I do understand is the GWB cheated twice in his elections, and got away with it. I do also understand that you do not have a one party state, you have a two party state, but that there is very little difference between the parties so it is a kind of one and a bit party state.

So I understand why you say - do not vote. We have much the same problem in the UK. We have a crapulous, spatchcock electoral system and little to choose between the parties. Many of our seats are "Safe", which means that the vote has no meaning in those constituencies. Our governemnts are chosen by the 0.16% ofthe electorate who are swing voters in key marginal constituencies.

What to do? Well, first, if there is a Green option, vote Green, because theirs is the only meaningful political philosophy, being based on ecological reality, instead of individualist/monetarist theory.

If there is no Green, I think we should still go to the polling stations to register a protest. In the UK, people should write "PR" (for Proportional Representation) across the voting card.

The vote is such a precious thing (compared to the alternative, of having no vote) that it seems totally wrong not to use it.