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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf people don't vote, they deserve what they get IMO, but sadly they take others down with them. n/t
Cartoonist
(7,309 posts)I was thrilled to be voting for the first time. I helped elect a Democratic Governor. He turned out to be a crook. Did I deserve that?
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I hope everyone votes but, if they don't, they shouldn't be fined.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Ninga
(8,272 posts)your job/life depends on it....volunteer to canvass or lit drop....talk to everyone to remind them to vote. Silence is not the answer.
SamKnause
(13,087 posts)who vote for Republicans and the Tea Party take the world down with them.
I would rather they abstain from voting.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)But I sometimes feel like it's pointless when those we put in office turn out to be nothing like what they campaigned to be. Doesn't mean I'll stop voting, but it does give me some understanding of why some people don't bother.
RKP5637
(67,083 posts)was just a bunch of BS to get elected. I think some people have just given up, they feel the system is so rigged against them. Citizens United was a huge WTF for me ... and indicated to me how unfair the system is and that's apparently the way SCOTUS wants the country to be. I've become very disillusioned, but I will continue to vote.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)Which of course use those funds to deny people the vote, to crush labor, the environment and basic human rights and to line the pockets of lobbyists who make sure they are the only voices heard.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)I suspect the "None of the above" would be a popular option for those who have given up on a politics as an exercise in futility.
RKP5637
(67,083 posts)IMO.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)mmonk
(52,589 posts)RKP5637
(67,083 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Oh Waffles definitely.
Lucky she's inevitable.