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\n By John Halle, Noam Chomsky<\/p>\n
(August 6, 2016 ) — Critics of “lesser evil voting” should consider that their footing on the high ground may not be as secure as they often take for granted.<\/p>\n
Among the elements of the weak form of democracy enshrined in the constitution, presidential elections continue to pose a dilemma for the left in that any form of participation or non participation appears to impose a significant cost on our capacity to develop a serious opposition to the corporate agenda served by establishment politicians.<\/p>\n
The position outlined below is that which many regard as the most effective response to this quadrennial Hobson\u2019s choice, namely the so-called \u201clesser evil\u201d voting strategy or LEV. Simply put, LEV involves, where you can, i.e. in safe states, voting for the losing third party candidate you prefer, or not voting at all. In competitive \u201cswing\u201d states, where you must, one votes for the \u201clesser evil\u201d Democrat.<\/p>\n