One of many that I'll be making over the course of the next year and a half. In honor of the end of the second quarter (Saturday), my first election PSA
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(Being serious) THANK YOU. I don't know shit about politics, but I get REALLY pissed when people bitch but don't vote. I definitely want to vote this election, but I don't really know anything about any candidates, or really their respective parties (sort of embarrassed by that even). I was actually going to IM you one of these days to ask about stuff. THANKS!
unless you're voting in a battleground state, your vote is going to be wasted thanks to the wonderful electoral college. it's good to vote, but most of the time, it doesn't matter.
Not wasted, neccessarily. Yes, the electoral college means that the popular vote isn't the final say. But voting does matter. In 2000, 5,000 votes basically decided the election. What if those 5,000 people hadn't shown up? So yes, I would say their vote does matter. When too many people say "voting doesn't matter," that changes the course of history. In 2006, 22 million people between ages 18-24 voted. Those people helped switch the majority party in Congress for the first time in over a decade. That matters.
And it's not just about the presidential race - there's the Senate, the House, governor's races, state elected officials, issues on the ballot. Voting is much more than picking one person. It's something that people have died for, something that people across the world can only dream of. And yes, maybe our system isn't perfect. But It shouldn't be taken lightly.
This wasn't meant to be so rant-y. But I'm basing my future on the fact that each individual vote does matter, and should matter, so it's a touchy subject.
The electoral college means a lot more than the popular vote irregularities. Because electoral college votes are directly proportional to state populatio
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From the beginning, this was never about the electoral college. Obviously it is an antiquated, ineffectual system, I will not argue about that. But again, I will argue about the importance of voting
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And it's not just about the presidential race - there's the Senate, the House, governor's races, state elected officials, issues on the ballot. Voting is much more than picking one person. It's something that people have died for, something that people across the world can only dream of. And yes, maybe our system isn't perfect. But It shouldn't be taken lightly.
This wasn't meant to be so rant-y. But I'm basing my future on the fact that each individual vote does matter, and should matter, so it's a touchy subject.
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