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In reply to the discussion: I'm not supporting any democratic nominees right now [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)And, I am not sure that we have realistic choices.
My vote, for one, is meaningless. I live in Boston, where the Democrat will win, no matter what. We had something like 22 candidates in the last Mayoral primary. I think one was Republican, and he was a preacher with zero political experience, savvy or backing. So, the only primary was basically a Democratic primary. Did I want the Republican preacher to win? Hell, no (no pun intended). I am not even sure he wanted to win.
But it wouldn't have mattered if I did want him to win the primary. The only choice in the general was between two pro-charter school Democrats, so I voted for the one who had a strong union background. The same is true if you live in a red town. Your vote also does not matter. For the Presidency, it comes down to somewhere between 8 and 100 purple counties. That's who Romney and Obama each actually spent a billion bucks on in 2012, indie voters in somewhere between 8 and 100 counties.
(I've seen articles saying as few as 8 counties and 10 counties, but nothing higher than 100.)