I respect that, but you can still make that known at the polls with write-in, with third party, or just scrawling “fuck all y’all” over the ballot.
Even if it doesn’t lead to someone winning, every one of the above does get recorded. Every year mickey mouse gets a fraction of the vote, and lets be real, if Mickey ever got 5% of the vote, every candidate would be announcing their runs at Disney World with the hope they could attract just half that group.
If you do nothing at the polls, everyone will assume you don’t care and don’t care back.
If you do something at the polls, that doesn’t help either party, then the two other parties might actually be incentivized to get your vote doing things you DO care about. You at least show up, so you are someone they should care about.
If for no other reason, it’s a record of someone flipping the bird to everyone in power, a small act of defiance that can’t make it back to you because voting is anonymous. If you’re really that powerless the process should only take 5 minutes because the lines to the polls will be short.
it’s a record of someone flipping the bird to everyone in power
I sincerely doubt they give a shit about it.
The reason I vote is because my mom would disown me if I don’t. Expecting it to make a difference disheartened me so much I have given up any chance of it doing anything.
If I want to flip the middle finger to people in power I’ll blow up a building or something. At least that would look cool.
I mean, they definitely won’t give a shit if you don’t vote. If anything it simplifies their math. If you don’t show up if you’re mad or sad you sure as hell won’t show up if you’re glad. So you can be safely ignored.
Biden already gives a shit about ~20% uncommitted in Minnesota, ~10% uncommitted in Michigan in the last primaries. nope, uncommitted didn’t win but they’re freaking out high ranking Democrats. There are more uncommitted than the percentage he won by in some of these states. They didn’t win but now a LOT more politicians are struggling to dismiss Palestine. Hell Pelosi was out and out accusing protestors of being shills for China and Russia last week.
Democrats are currently avoiding college campuses for appearances because they realize how unpopular this war in Gaza is.
showing that there is a voting population that is unhappy carries weight, and it sticks around for years to come. It’s a record just like the census.
I respect that, but you can still make that known at the polls with write-in, with third party, or just scrawling “fuck all y’all” over the ballot.
Even if it doesn’t lead to someone winning, every one of the above does get recorded. Every year mickey mouse gets a fraction of the vote, and lets be real, if Mickey ever got 5% of the vote, every candidate would be announcing their runs at Disney World with the hope they could attract just half that group.
If you do nothing at the polls, everyone will assume you don’t care and don’t care back.
If you do something at the polls, that doesn’t help either party, then the two other parties might actually be incentivized to get your vote doing things you DO care about. You at least show up, so you are someone they should care about.
If for no other reason, it’s a record of someone flipping the bird to everyone in power, a small act of defiance that can’t make it back to you because voting is anonymous. If you’re really that powerless the process should only take 5 minutes because the lines to the polls will be short.
vote vote vote. even if it’s “none of the above”
I sincerely doubt they give a shit about it.
The reason I vote is because my mom would disown me if I don’t. Expecting it to make a difference disheartened me so much I have given up any chance of it doing anything.
If I want to flip the middle finger to people in power I’ll blow up a building or something. At least that would look cool.
I mean, they definitely won’t give a shit if you don’t vote. If anything it simplifies their math. If you don’t show up if you’re mad or sad you sure as hell won’t show up if you’re glad. So you can be safely ignored.
Biden already gives a shit about ~20% uncommitted in Minnesota, ~10% uncommitted in Michigan in the last primaries. nope, uncommitted didn’t win but they’re freaking out high ranking Democrats. There are more uncommitted than the percentage he won by in some of these states. They didn’t win but now a LOT more politicians are struggling to dismiss Palestine. Hell Pelosi was out and out accusing protestors of being shills for China and Russia last week.
Democrats are currently avoiding college campuses for appearances because they realize how unpopular this war in Gaza is.
showing that there is a voting population that is unhappy carries weight, and it sticks around for years to come. It’s a record just like the census.
I’ve been voting for 24 years and each time I think they give even less of a shit.
Also, voting doesn’t tell them what I think, just which asshole I hate less.