05-19-2015, 07:43 AM
(05-19-2015, 12:40 AM)Johnny Cupcakes Wrote: If you vote for a candidate based solely on their political party, you don't deserve a vote.
As for me, I don't think I'll vote for individuals again. Maybe on a local level. I'll definitely vote on local issues, and probably in national elections as well.
I don't like voting knowing that I don't really have a say in the matter. It's like a tease.
By not voting you have even less of a say in the election. Someone told me a few years ago that you should vote for the person you would like to see in office, and if there is no candidate that you like, always vote a write-in. When you don't vote there is nothing counted for you on the ballot in that category. So, an example.
Candidate A and Candidate B for a House race. Both suck, but A is the incumbent. There is a minority, maybe 12% that do not like either one. Here is how things look if...
They do not vote:
Candidate A - 75%
Candidate B - 25%
They vote a write in:
Candidate A - 65%
Candidate B - 23%
Write-ins - 12%
Because of the change in those numbers it makes a statement that people are tired of the same old crap. Yeah, it may not make any difference to the two major party candidates that suck, but there may be an Independent or third party type sitting there noticing this that decides to throw money into the next race. If people don't vote in this situation then no one sees that there is frustration because no votes are counted in that way. All Candidate A sees is a huge win, not the 12% that are dissatisfied.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
