So... looks like Tancredo is entering the race for governor

[68Charger]

You're right...it is basically the same as not voting. You're wrong by saying in either case it's not "giving a vote to Hick" and "you're bad at math".

Here's the example:

You have a voting pool of 100 people. Your candidates are Hickenlooper, Tancredo and Republican candidate.

After the election, with many people pissed at the "R" candidate, here's what you have:

Hick - 45 votes
Republican - 39 votes
Tancredo - 16 votes

I'll be generous and say that only 75% of the Tancredo voters would have otherwise voted for the Republican candidate (I seriously doubt many liberals are going to vote for Tancredo, no matter how pissed they are at the democrat party). If you split that vote 75% for the Republican and 25% for Hickenlooper, here's what you have:

Republican - 51 votes
Hick - 49 votes

You also have a governor who will most likely be closer to your beliefs than the other guy.

It's not bad math. It's reality.

sometimes bad math is reality :-P
you've actually proved my point- or do you prefer to say it's bad English to say "the SAME as a vote for Hick"?

it's an idiom, but it's not fact.. in your example, at best a vote for Tancredo would be 3/4 of a vote for Hick.. you may think I'm splitting hairs...

Believe me, I understand the logic- and in past & current political climates, it applies... but the current political climate is leading us to ruin.. something radical has to change...

I'm not a Tancredo supporter, either- saw him on Fox news... wasn't impressed with how unprepared he was.

but the choices in the GOP primary:
McInnis: he's a former congressman (strike one), a lawyer (I'll call that a draw), admitted to plagiarism (strike two), and tried to weasel out of it by blaming a researcher (strike three)

Maes: I'd like to believe he'd be a good governor, but I'm not sure he can keep his hand out of the cookie jar, and his resume is a bit light for a Gubernatorial candidate (no, I don't want a career politician, but it lacks detail, and simply doesn't seem like he has enough experience leading to convince me he can be a good Governor).

I'm all around disappointed with the choices- seems to be a recurring theme in politics lately