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Originally Posted by Bree
[color=indigo]A coworker friend and I came to the conclusion (seperately) that voting in the United States is a waste of time - not because we're liberals or conservatives, although she would technically be labelled a conservative and I a liberal, but because we think the process stinks and is a waste of our time and effort. We made buttons for our jackets that say "not voting in '04 (or ever)" and you wouldn't believe the shit that we've gotten for it.
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If you think Bush is a bad guy to have in office and Kerry(or Nader/Badnarik/whomever) would be less bad then I don't understand why you wouldn't want to vote.
If you think they are all roughly equally bad, just different flavors of the same shit, then I can totally understand not voting.
However, as has been pointed out the presidential elections involve choosing more than your preference for president and surely there has to be at least one office up for grabs where after researching the candidates you would have a strong preference for someone or at least a strong desire to get rid of someone/prevent them from winning.
As far as your vote counting, it absolutely does. The presidential race, according to the polls may very well come down to a single state deciding the winner. Many local elections crown a winner who has only several hundred or thousand votes so each vote carries a great deal if weight.
I can understand your being apathetic or disillusioned, but it isn't a waste of time if you take a couple hours to research the offices that will be on the ballot and the candidates you have to choose from.
If you really can't get into voting then just think about the top 1,2 or 3 issues at the local/state/federal level that are your hot button issues and vote for candidates who appear to support those issues.