[Kevin]

As someone with pretty strong Libertarian leanings I'll have to say that voting your heart IS wasting your vote. We tend to differ the most with Democrats and least with Republicans (except on social issues where neither party really impresses me). Voting Republican is the lesser of two evils and voting for no-chance 3rd party candidates.. well you may as well not vote. That's why we now (by only 6000 votes) have a Dem Governor here in Oklahoma. The 3rd party got 14% and 140,000 votes... Many which would have gone to the Republican candidate.