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Jeff Kaufmann: “Right now, you vote for a third party, you're wasting your…”

Featuring: Jeff Kaufmann, Republican | Former Iowa State Representative, Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa

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The Cities | Jeff Kaufmann, Iowa Republican Party Chairman

Published | Video Starts at 19:45

Just ask somebody in China or North Korea who could actually even talk about it. But this is what we are left with. We have a two party system. Maybe someday third parties will be relevant. Right now, you vote for a third party, you're wasting your vote. You are absolutely not in the arena, rightly or wrongly. That's the facts. And so in this particular case, look at the policies. (19:45–19:49)

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Asserts that voting for a third party is currently a waste of a vote in the U.S. system.

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