It astounds me how people absolutely never vote outside the mainstream. ASTOUNDS ME! Why?????? Don't gimme theory either.
Because there are no good candidates running. The candidate who most closely mirrored my political positions was Kucinich, who dropped out. While I'd certainly like more political parties and more diverse ends of the political spectrum get attention and funding on a national level, I'm not voting for bat shit insane people like Perot just because of apathy towards current politics.