And voting for a Democrat or Republican is like buying a Powerball ticket for your neighbor: Even if it hits, you still don't get anything. Meanwhile, the very reason third parties have no reasonable shot is because everyone votes for candidates they don't want in the first place; if people started voting their conscience instead that would change in a heartbeat. Bear in mind, the 55-60% of people who NEVER vote could singlehandedly carry an election. Like everything else in politics though, it happens one voter at a time; there was a time when people made all the same arguments against voting Republican that are made against voting for third parties now. That changed because people gritted their teeth and voted for John Fremont knowing Buchanan would whip the crap out of him, then spent the next four years organizing, networking and working for their chosen party until they elected Lincoln. The rest, as they say, is history.