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In reply to the discussion: I can hardly believe it but [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)36. That's great!
People who don't vote because "here was no reason to vote because your vote does not matter anyway", which your husband does NOT belong in anymore....
I know the much used reasoning that "every vote counts" and that if everyone thought as your husband did at one time, no one would vote,and it wouldn't be a democracy etc...
But the other reason that is just as powerful to me is that I live in a country that is a democracy. I have a right to vote. To have a say in who will make decisions on my behalf in government. Why would I forfeit that right? For a few minutes (at least for me) every couple of years? Why would one choose NOT to exercise this right?
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Congratulations something must have moved him whether it was you or Trump
blueinredohio
Oct 2020
#10
Great news... Happy for the two of you! Trump is making people more politically aware!
Karadeniz
Oct 2020
#19
There's a whole new world out there! People who never voted before are registering....
George II
Oct 2020
#22