You've hit the nail on the head Brian. I always search out the candidate that has a platform that matches the choices and changes I want to see. That always ends up being one of the independents that no one has ever heard of. I can't stand it when people tell me they voted for one of the '2' and the choice was solely because they thought they had to. I try to explain that there are other people running with views that match theirs, and they look at me like I'm a crazy person. And then they say 'well if I vote for one of those my vote won't matter, it only matters if I vote for the Dem or Repub.'. It's that thought process that has ruined the system, and why it will be nearly impossible to change.