Will You Vote?

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A non-partisan political thread.

Talked to someone today who said she's not voting because all the candidates in the local race were equally reprehensible.

With all the political chatter around here, just wondering....do you plan to vote? If not, why?

 

[Bill Horton]

A non-partisan political thread.

Talked to someone today who said she's not voting because all the candidates in the local race were equally reprehensible.

With all the political chatter around here, just wondering....do you plan to vote? If not, why?

I absolutely plan to vote.
I don't like a lot of the candidates, either, but as an football coach once told me before a draft, no two people are equal. If the choice isn't obvious, you have to dig a little deeper and find what makes one better than the other. I'm willing to do that and play my part in the process.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I like your coach.
I always vote. I drag my kids -- the eligible ones -- to vote.
In November of 1942, my father was on a transport in the north Atlantic and there was a submarine alert.
That's only one of the reasons why.

 

[spup1122]

I would vote if I had either a) changed my voter registration to my current state of residency, or b) thought ahead enough to have gotten an absentee ballot for the state I am registered in.

I didn't do either, but I don't know that I would vote in my current state with the political ads that have been thrown out there. I would in my home state, as I am a big supporter of one of the candidates and have hate for the other.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I always vote. Besides being the right thing (as FB points out) it's fun. The worst thing that happens in the voting booth is youy give the finger to someone you can't stand. In 36 years of voting, I've never been handed a ballot without at least one contest giving me that opportunity.

 

[The Big Ragu]

I can't stand my choices in the voting booth in this election. And my vote will be meaningless, because the major races where I am are decided already. But I will vote anyhow. I consider it a responsibility. I can always just vote for the libertarian I know nothing about. It's a wasted vote, in a sense, but at least I am exercising my right. I feel as if I need to exercise the right to show my appreciation for it and all that it gives us as Americans.

 

[Perry White]

I already did (absentee)

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I can't stand my choices in the voting booth in this election. And my vote will be meaningless, because the major races where I am are decided already. But I will vote anyhow. I consider it a responsibility. I can always just vote for the libertarian I know nothing about. It's a wasted vote, in a sense, but at least I am exercising my right. I feel as if I need to exercise the right to show my appreciation for it and all that it gives us as Americans.

There is no such thing as a wasted vote.
Every vote is a committment to governing ourselves, whether we're good at it or not.
Elections turn me into a civics teacher, I know. Plus, the bake sales are always good.

 

[Angola!]

I have yet to change my driver's license to my new state and so I can't, but otherwise I would.

 

[The Big Ragu]

I can't stand my choices in the voting booth in this election. And my vote will be meaningless, because the major races where I am are decided already. But I will vote anyhow. I consider it a responsibility. I can always just vote for the libertarian I know nothing about. It's a wasted vote, in a sense, but at least I am exercising my right. I feel as if I need to exercise the right to show my appreciation for it and all that it gives us as Americans.

There is no such thing as a wasted vote.
Every vote is a committment to governing ourselves, whether we're good at it or not.
Elections turn me into a civics teacher, I know. Plus, the bake sales are always good.

Wasted in the sense that the Democratic primary here decides every local election (and Republicans rarely carry the state in the presidential race), and I am a registered independent, so I can't vote in the "real" election (nor do I want to).

 

[zeke12]

Ballot was in more than a month ago, thanks to early voting.

Just walked up to the county auditor's office, picked one up, took my time and handed it back.

Beautiful thing.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Definitely voting. I'm in a state with a close Senate race, so you're darn tootin' I am.

 

[Clever username]

I'm undecided on if I will or not, but the reason I wouldn't is because I have no roots where I currently live and have no plans to set any down. What difference does it make to me who the state representative for this area is going to be if I don't plan on being around for anything he/she ever does?

 

[zeke12]

I'm undecided on if I will or not, but the reason I wouldn't is because I have no roots where I currently live and have no plans to set any down. What difference does it make to me who the state representative for this area is going to be if I don't plan on being around for anything he/she ever does?

Someone has to live there. Get off your ass and vote.

Besides, almost no one ever plans to "put down roots" where they end up doing so.

Roots happen.

 

[funky_mountain]

i will vote. i enjoy it. my wife and i were discussing the seemingly reprehensible candidates (i'm in northern virginia - the rest of virginia hopes northern virginia someday becomes its own state ) and the senate race is ugly - george allen or james webb. and i'm not thrilled with my democratic choice (jim moran) for the u.s. house. i may go independent/libertarian on some but ultimately i have to go with the reprehensible candidate i can stomach the most or at least comes down my side of the fence on issues important to me.

but i do like my choice for school board.

 

[OTD]

I'll vote. I haven't missed an election since I turned 18, even getting absentee ballots sent to me in college.

Also, there's something kind of patriotic about walking down to the polling place and voting. I wouldn't miss it.

 

[Pastor]

Always.

 

[zeke12]

BTW, 21, good thread topic.

 

[Webster]

I always vote. I brought my daughter with me last year when she was 6 weeks old and 3 months old to vote in the primary and general election. If there is a ballot initiative which I don't care about, I skip it. If there is a race in which I don't like any of the major candidates, I usually pick a non-nutjob thrid party.

 

[Lyman_Bostock]

I vote in every election, even municipal ones. If you don't vote, don't complain.