I'll avoid a long analysis here (though I'm game if anyone wants to get into it off-group =)), but I just wanted to say that "protest" votes of the type Nader is likely to get do not necessarily reflect a waste. Instead, they force major parties to pay attention to issues they otherwise would not. I think Nader voters feel their issues are important enough to risk having their less favorite major-party candidate for a mere four years. If they don't, they risk getting nothing ever, because when a party starts taking a group for granted, that group loses political power. The group everyone caters to today is the white middle class, esp. "soccer moms." Why? Their vote is up for grabs. As for QB and politics, I think we do represent the spectrum, but because we're college students we're more vocally ideological than most people. For my part, I'm what one test called a "moderate liberal populist," though I drive most of my liberal friends crazy because I see value in some aspects of conservative philosophy. Right now, I'm debating between Gore and Nader with Bush still having a slim chance. I keep rooting for the Reform party people who want to keep Buchanan from getting their nomination... brian
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