Voter participation - what is your stance?

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    Of course I vote, because...
    FWIW, I don't think there is a comprehension problem here. Just disagreement.
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited February 2016
    Haven't voted in a decade. Maybe longer. I hate democrats and i hate republicans. Most of their supporters are blind sheep too. They'll give their side a pass for doing something, support it and then tear apart the other side when they do the same thing.
  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    edited February 2016
    Of course I vote, because...
    PJ_Soul said:

    FWIW, I don't think there is a comprehension problem here. Just disagreement.

    I said that on pg 2, as well.

    And it's OK to disagree, but sometimes it just cant end at that.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    I am undecided, because...
    cp3iverson said:

    Haven't voted in a decade. Maybe longer. I hate democrats and i hate republicans. Most of their supporters are blind sheep too. They'll give their side a pass for doing something, support it and then tear apart the other side when they do the same thing.

    *Fixed, because apparently you can't have an opinion according to some folks' rules. :wink:
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Haha
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Free said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    FWIW, I don't think there is a comprehension problem here. Just disagreement.

    I said that on pg 2, as well.

    And it's OK to disagree, but sometimes it just cant end at that.
    Not sure what's meant here - blessed by fellow posters to be given the green light to disagree but it "just can't end at that"?

    At disagreement? Why or why not? Then at what?


    To my Lux-y friend, it's more about my choosing to not vote in certain instances. My decision.

    You must get that - I trust you do or can at least try, given what I know of your heart and character over time.

    Always a way to make one's voice heard, for sure.



  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Of course I vote, because...
    hedonist said:

    Free said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    FWIW, I don't think there is a comprehension problem here. Just disagreement.

    I said that on pg 2, as well.

    And it's OK to disagree, but sometimes it just cant end at that.
    Not sure what's meant here - blessed by fellow posters to be given the green light to disagree but it "just can't end at that"?

    At disagreement? Why or why not? Then at what?


    To my Lux-y friend, it's more about my choosing to not vote in certain instances. My decision.

    You must get that - I trust you do or can at least try, given what I know of your heart and character over time.

    Always a way to make one's voice heard, for sure.



    To be honest, Hedo, this wandering thread has me a bit lost. I'm really not sure any longer what the argument is about.

    I think most us us here agree voting is a good thing, most of us here have probably left a few blank spots on the ballot when an issue is unclear or can only be understood by high highly cognitive obsessive compulsive lawyer and most of us here are GONNA VOTE FOR BERNIE CAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO! (Sorry, I couldn't get that to print in tiny, subliminal-sized print. )

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    It somehow went from some choosing to not vote on certain issues - for whatever reason - being equated with ignorance, complacency, I don't even know anymore given the many edits. That's what I took issue with but ultimately, that's on the one who's judging and not on me.
  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    Of course I vote, because...
    Can't help but attempt to get me to play your manipulative games...

    Not happening.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Free said:

    Can't help but attempt to get me to play your manipulative games...

    Not happening.

    Aw hell, now I need to bump the victim thread!
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    I guess in my initial post I was mostly talking about the presidential election. This is the one I cannot participate in because I am not a citizen.
    The example with the liquor sale on Sunday stuns me and helps me understand more why people decide not to put their vote in sometimes. Like I said before I think I am allowed to vote in local elections. I should just go and practise :)
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Do, Leeze. Even just reading the ballot and information it contains. It's enlightening, though in a frustrating way.

    Honestly, I have a hard time with much of it, regardless of presidential or local fronts. Some of it is put forth in such a convoluted way, it almost seems intentional.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    Of course I vote, because...
    hedonist said:

    Do, Leeze. Even just reading the ballot and information it contains. It's enlightening, though in a frustrating way.

    Honestly, I have a hard time with much of it, regardless of presidential or local fronts. Some of it is put forth in such a convoluted way, it almost seems intentional.

    It's absolutely intentional. Oftentimes the League of Women Voters will put out a handy booklet guide that spells out candidate's positions and ballot initiatives in easy to read detail. I find things like that to be very useful because even what a YES or NO vote on a ballot question means may not be what you think it means offhand. The more confusing they make the ballots the less likely voters are to cast informed votes. IMO.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,412
    Of course I vote, because...
    hedonist said:

    Free said:

    Can't help but attempt to get me to play your manipulative games...

    Not happening.

    Aw hell, now I need to bump the victim thread!
    No shit.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Of course I vote, because...
    Shit, they can influence your vote with the official description of the issue. In Ohio, we had a marijuana legalization proposal and the description labeled it as "creating a monopoly" on the first sentence.
    It is a somewhat accurate, but very biased way of introducing a voter to a proposal.
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  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    Of course I vote, because...
    I vote in every election because....
    it's the main way I can participate in our government.
    I hate when people complain about the system when they don't do their part and vote in every election.
    I am an informed member of society that wants my voice heard.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    Of course I vote, because...
    hedonist said:

    Free said:

    Can't help but attempt to get me to play your manipulative games...

    Not happening.

    Aw hell, now I need to bump the victim thread!
    :giggle:
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  • seanwon
    seanwon Posts: 595
    Of course I vote, because...
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    Of course I vote, because...
    If you are in a Super Tuesday state I do hope you get out and vote today, but it isn't up to me or anyone else. The choice you make - whether it be to vote for a specific candidate or not at all - is entirely your own. Only you can make it. Don't let anyone pressure you, shame you, or judge you into a decision you don't believe in. This is how freedom works, and it comes in all shapes and sizes.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Rock on, Jimmy.

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