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SomethingFishy

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85. I mostly agree... However there is a segment of the US that doesn't vote

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 01:05 PM

Mar 2014

The comic says "Vote again". It's not previous voters we need it's the people who never have and don't want to. And they don't want to because of exactly what you said. No one to vote for.

The truth is Conservatives are a serious minority in this country. Most of the country wants health care, decent wages, income equality, cheaper college, Social Security.. Problem is they see neither party as doing anything to help them so they don't vote. I know. I was one of those people for a long time... And I still battle with myself over voting for the guy who should win over the guy who actually has a chance to win. I don't think I have ever cast a vote where I wasn't voting against someone as opposed to voting for someone.
Well OK, I did actually like voting for Obama the first time, but he's been kind of a disappointment..

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This is, more or less, what we're up against: [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 OP

Sad, but very true, Peggy. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #1

We do have to try, my dear NYC_SKP... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #3

EVERYTHING WE LIVE FOR rests on our succeeding!! lastlib Mar 2014 #115

Well, the Facebook bird is terrified on some level Warpy Mar 2014 #112

Give folks a reason to be excited to vote 1000words Mar 2014 #2

That's it. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #4

If there wasn't so much ratfucking it'd probably be easier. joshcryer Mar 2014 #7

Let me explain the way it works to you. Scootaloo Mar 2014 #11

+1 daleanime Mar 2014 #22

Yeah, that's exactly why Grayson and Feigngold lost in 2010... joshcryer Mar 2014 #23

how about those who are going to primary the people who endorsed Christie ? JI7 Mar 2014 #24

Oh yeah, I've seen a few on DU. joshcryer Mar 2014 #25

It's getting increasingly more difficult to vote D hobbit709 Mar 2014 #40

So run. joshcryer Mar 2014 #42

What are the chances of a broke hippie ex-pot dealer living on SS? hobbit709 Mar 2014 #45

0.001 percent. joshcryer Mar 2014 #48

To become a precinct committee officer? Might be pretty easy. Chathamization Mar 2014 #65

My precinct is solid D. 79 and 74% Obama in 08 and 12. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #69

24%-so if you convince a small fraction of Democratic voters to come out and vote for a progressive Chathamization Mar 2014 #71

Exactly. Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #41

Mind you, it sucks. joshcryer Mar 2014 #43

Well Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #47

Definitely. joshcryer Mar 2014 #50

I think 2014 will be better. Bernie2016 Mar 2014 #117

A lot of truth in this Chathamization Mar 2014 #56

They lost cuz the billionaires went after them tooth and nail. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #84

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS is the issue that propelled Wendy Davis into the white-hot bullwinkle428 Mar 2014 #96

Why is it Enthusiast Mar 2014 #38

Keep going you have about 5 or six reasons not to upaloopa Mar 2014 #58

Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #109

+1,000 Scootaloo LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #70

+2 swilton Mar 2014 #89

That ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #104

Same as it ever was ... 1000words Mar 2014 #12

BS treestar Mar 2014 #49

The R's *are* excited. cui bono Mar 2014 #108

Question ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #110

None of those are "gut" issues Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #119

My point was to demonstrate ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #128

And I was talking about your list, which sounds like Al Gore or John Kerry talking Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #129

Agreed ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #130

If not getting fucked over by right wing tea baggers upaloopa Mar 2014 #57

What do you mean by a "reason" Adrahil Mar 2014 #62

Voting doesn't need to be "exciting". JaneyVee Mar 2014 #67

100% grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #83

Or to even take notice of who the candidate is Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #92

Or give them something to be scared about if ReTugs win. Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #93

I disagree 1000words Mar 2014 #95

Or better, by pointing out what they have to lose ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #102

Nailed it!! Kilgore Mar 2014 #126

So true Peggy flamingdem Mar 2014 #5

We have to get the Millennials fired up Terra Alta Mar 2014 #6

I wouldn't count on them this turn 1000words Mar 2014 #14

And the the other transgressions CFLDem Mar 2014 #27

Minimum wage is one ErikJ Mar 2014 #20

But 10.10 over 4 years is WEAK SAUCE:( grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #82

it's less hfojvt Mar 2014 #8

Redistricting didn't help either. nt adirondacker Mar 2014 #17

Gerrymandering. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #39

For the win. ctsnowman Mar 2014 #87

This is what I keep hearing on the news too. Kablooie Mar 2014 #9

THAT... Is Perfect !!! WillyT Mar 2014 #10

Maybe if more Democrats spoke out against the crap that's going on, rhett o rick Mar 2014 #13

Yes, I worked on the local Kucinich campaign in 2004, and when the time came to GOTV for Kerry Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #120

My experience is similar but w/o the cold. It's always the left that shows up rhett o rick Mar 2014 #123

very good, and very true! WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #15

it doesn't help that Obama will not be on the Ballot this time around as he is the reason JI7 Mar 2014 #16

a bit of disillusionment set in from 2008 to 2012 with the 18-29's DrDan Mar 2014 #32

too small JI7 Mar 2014 #34

the changes were smaller with other age groups DrDan Mar 2014 #36

DEMS stay home cuz they've been stabbed in the back too many times by the people they sent to DC. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #18

+1 newfie11 Mar 2014 #33

And the Republican Congress is going to do what? treestar Mar 2014 #53

+100,000,000,000 Andy823 Mar 2014 #66

Exactly! treestar Mar 2014 #72

And a revolution where someone else does all the work. Chathamization Mar 2014 #75

Oh, the old "You have to vote for them because they suck less" line Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #121

That is so it. n/t Beartracks Mar 2014 #19

Dems should stand up and holler about the idiocy. madfloridian Mar 2014 #21

Is this true? ZombieHorde Mar 2014 #26

My theory is that the GOP voter is easily riled and that's what the think tanks know. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2014 #28

it's easy when it's the other party that has the white house, in this case a black Pres JI7 Mar 2014 #29

you're right. recalling 2006. felt the same way exactly. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2014 #101

I'll confess to not voting in 1994 either tabbycat31 Mar 2014 #113

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #30

The "Democratic Party" hates their base RandiFan1290 Mar 2014 #31

are you talking about Wendy Davis? JI7 Mar 2014 #35

Pretty much. Maedhros Mar 2014 #118

It's a good toon. But, one problem with the toon. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #37

Not on the West Coast. Voting is easy here, not a single line in the State, no 'challenge' to Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #54

I live in CA and vote by mail. My ballot comes weeks before the election. upaloopa Mar 2014 #59

See, that's the point. We can't all live in California. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #68

Bland wimpy passionless Democratic politicians.. sendero Mar 2014 #44

We have to be able to tell them "Yeah, sure." Nt Shankapotomus Mar 2014 #46

You nailed it TBF Mar 2014 #51

Or the figure on the right could be saying treestar Mar 2014 #52

Low turn out is a regional issue that could be solved, but it is easier to whine than make Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #55

The Democratic Party and Dem candidates..... llmart Mar 2014 #60

Thanks for ruining my day! Adrahil Mar 2014 #61

lol, NM_Birder Mar 2014 #63

The person on the right side of that toon MineralMan Mar 2014 #64

I agree. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #74

The Democratic base is eager to vote, MineralMan Mar 2014 #76

And I voted on Tuesday! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #77

Thank you for voting! MineralMan Mar 2014 #78

No problem. I always vote. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2014 #79

i find much of the GOTV involves just getting people like that out to vote JI7 Mar 2014 #103

Absolutely. I kept a tally in the 2012 election of people MineralMan Mar 2014 #107

A little less, but not by much. (n/t) Iggo Mar 2014 #73

I don't do Facebook. Never have, never will. Zorra Mar 2014 #80

I'm so tired of this BS. If the Dems would push popular policy positions, we'd win hands down. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #81

I mostly agree... However there is a segment of the US that doesn't vote SomethingFishy Mar 2014 #85

Thank you for saying it. The TRUE majority is disenchanted NON-voters johnlucas Mar 2014 #100

I voted FOR McGovern and FOR Carter, but since then it's been mostly Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #122

It is way easier to whine about voter apathy than actually do anything to earn votes. TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #91

You're right. The popular kids are the ones who give their freinds value, not the ones who try to grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #97

I don't see any money in your post. Orsino Mar 2014 #86

We elected Obama with a majority in the House and a super in the Senate.... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #88

True for 2014, and possibly in 2016 Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #90

That about covers it, CP! cry baby Mar 2014 #94

You know what's interesting. Phlem Mar 2014 #98

R's feel the same way. chompers Mar 2014 #99

Well part of the reason is that R's fire up their base while Dems neglect theirs. cui bono Mar 2014 #105

Well said!! Kilgore Mar 2014 #125

Why thank you. cui bono Mar 2014 #127

that's my neighbors and my students Sancho Mar 2014 #106

LOL Berlum Mar 2014 #111

I vote by mail and thats about as easy as yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #114

I think Bernie will excite people again. Bernie2016 Mar 2014 #116

Sadly True Kilgore Mar 2014 #124