{"id":1689,"date":"2014-11-05T23:46:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T04:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2014-11-05T23:54:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T04:54:12","slug":"1689","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1689","title":{"rendered":"Vote party or conscience?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vote.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-601 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vote.jpg?resize=225%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Your vote counts\" width=\"225\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vote.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vote.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>As I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve realized by now, I like to banter. \u00a0I feel pretty strongly about\u00a0third parties &#8211; they serve a purpose. \u00a0I feel a person shouldn&#8217;t vote for a party, they should vote for who they feel, personally, would do the best\u00a0job in the office they are running for &#8211; no matter their party affiliation. As such I see the value in a third party candidate. Yesterday, in the Old Dominion, as across the nation &#8211; we voted. \u00a0In Virginia our senatorial race is close, so close that no one has been declared the clear winner. \u00a0The race started with three contenders:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The incumbent: Senator Warner (D) received 49.1%.<\/li>\n<li>A former lobbyist: Ed Gillespie (R) received 48.4%.<\/li>\n<li>The Libertarian: Robert Sarvis (L) received 2.4%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As can be imagined from the percentages above, there is contention among the two front runners. \u00a0Sen Warner has declared victory, and Gillespie is awaiting the official results. \u00a0Unofficial results have Warner ahead of Gillespie by <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2014\/11\/warner-gillespie-start-waiting-game-election\" target=\"_blank\">16,000 votes<\/a>. I heard Sarvis received near 50,000 votes, I wish he would have gotten\u00a0more. I think if more people would vote their conscience; a third party might actually stand a chance; yay!<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans won a bunch of seats in this election. \u00a0While I really, really hope our government can work together for the betterment of this land. \u00a0A part of me feels I&#8217;m going to be sadly disappointed. \u00a0Again.<\/p>\n<p>Who did I vote for? \u00a0I forget; although I did write myself in for some local offices &#8211; some day I just may get myself elected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve realized by now, I like to banter. \u00a0I feel pretty strongly about\u00a0third parties &#8211; they serve a purpose. \u00a0I feel a person shouldn&#8217;t vote for a party, they should vote for who they feel, personally, would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1689\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1136,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1136","url_meta":{"origin":1689,"position":0},"title":"My way or the highway pal!","author":"DR D","date":"October 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, as the US Government shutdown continues; we need to pause and reflect. 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