MY RESPONSES to the votes

*In voting for the Elephant Party, I think you may effectively be throwing your vote away. Since there's no chance that they'll win any power, your vote is allowing someone else's for the two main parties more weight.

*The only problem with voting for the Elephant Party is that by voting for a second choice, namely the Lion Party, it would save the country from the tyranny that is the Tiger Party for the next term. Of course, should the Tiger Party win power, they might fuck up so badly that everyone realizes that they weren't, in fact, the lesser of two evils.

*The fact that since it's a 99% chance the Elephant Party won't win major power, their promises, however much you agree with them, won't have a chance to be kept, at least by them. Realistically, they won't get supported enough this time around. If i were sure that the Tiger party weren't going to win, i'd likely vote for Elephant.

*This is what sucks about political systems like this. Democracy just isn't idiot-proof. I'm not sure since I haven't really heard much of a better alternative. They all have flaws, I guess. Much like the political parties, it's a matter of choosing which has the least. I did hear once that a lottery should be done using randomnly chosen candidates with applicable credentials, regardless of whether or not they want the position. This would eliminate idiots from voting without being properly informed and might eliminate political "agendas", at least at first.