Quote Originally Posted by OneGuy67 View Post
Again, you are playing with the stats. There were 3rd party candidates and there were people who voted for those candidates. If the goal was to remove Hick from his seat, the failure for that rests completely with those who voted 3rd party. Because they chose their voting decision, we get to enjoy another four years of Hick.

If there were no 3rd party candidates, I don't think everyone would have not voted, if the goal had been (and it was) to remove Hick from office.
Your entire argument is fallacious because you (falsely) assume that those people would have voted for Bob. Unlike this false dichotomy, there were many possible outcomes: Those voters could have voted for another 3rd party candidate, "just because screw those guys". Or they could have voted for Hick. Or they could have abstained entirely from voting.

Bottom line: Nobody can accurately predict what would have happened in any other scenario.

Bottom line #2: Crying about it now isn't going to change anything. If you're not happy with the election results, work harder next time.