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Do you vote? (poll)

Do you vote?

  • Yes: in all elections (national and local)

    Votes: 55 64.0%

  • Yes: but only in national and some local

    Votes: 14 16.3%

  • Yes: but only national

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Maybe: it depends on the election

    Votes: 6 7.0%

  • No: I'm not old enough, yet.

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • No: not at all

    Votes: 3 3.5%

  • No: I'm not legally permitted

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Other

    Votes: 5 5.8%
  • Total voters
    86
Aunt Spiker

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Curiosity kills - do you vote?

Do you care to explain why or why not?
 
Aunt Spiker said:
Curiosity kills - do you vote?

Do you care to explain why or why not?
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My initial thought was: If you care about politics so much that you actually joined a site entitled "Debate Politics", then you would obviously care enough to vote to help implement your particular brand of politics. So I'd be curious to see why someone wouldn't vote. I would guess there would not be many here. (?)
 
Yes and I also volunteer for exiting polling. Although, my reason isn't as noble. As a political scientist, we sorta get guilt tripped into doing it.
 
I'm not legally permitted to vote here in the U.S. or at home in Canada due to living here so long, but if I was allowed to vote I'd probably vote in any election I felt I knew sufficiently well. I'm not going to vote for anyone without first seeking an understanding of all candidates. Having never voted, I'm not sure if you can even leave sections blank when multiple things are on a ballot, but if you cannot I'd just write in my own name for all the unfamiliar races.
 
I try to vote in national and local elections.That said if I do not like either of the candidates then I will not vote for either one,I refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils.
 
Yes in all elections. My wife tends to cancel me out though, lol. My daughter on the other hand makes up for it, hehehe.
 
Yep, I vote in most every election.
 
Oh this is fun...just as there is a curtain on the booth to hide your answer as to your choice of cndidate, I draw the curtain.
 
coolwalker said:
Oh this is fun...just as there is a curtain on the booth to hide your answer as to your choice of cndidate, I draw the curtain.
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There aren't curtains anymore- just 'wings' on the machines that don't hide crap when EVERYONE has to file behind you when they walk. . . .at least where I live.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
There aren't curtains anymore- just 'wings' on the machines that don't hide crap when EVERYONE has to file behind you when they walk. . . .at least where I live.
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Same here, except they don't have people line up behind you, they make you wait for an empty machine.
 
I have voted in every election since I was first eligible - going into my twenty-first year of doing so - and have donated time and/or money to many of those candidates and causes over the years.
 
Presidential, Senatorial/Congressional, gubernatorial yes.

I couldn't give a damn about local elections. Those really have little to no impact and are essentially popularity contests.
 
For President? Why when the electoral college decides who wins. Three presidents have won without the popular vote, including Bush against Gore.

In fact, it is possible for a candidate to not get a single person's vote -- not one -- in 39 states, yet be elected president by winning the popular vote in just 11 of these 12 states:

California
New York
Texas
Florida
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
New Jersey
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia

I don't like the candidates, I don't like the system but I do like the people.
 
Gipper said:
Presidential, Senatorial/Congressional, gubernatorial yes.

I couldn't give a damn about local elections. Those really have little to no impact and are essentially popularity contests.
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man are you off-base. Local elections vote in city council which votes for school board members that directly affect your children. They fight for what your area might deserve at your legislature...it is the bottom run in the ladder and without it, the concept of democracy crumbles. Please, vote locally as well, no matter which way you vote.
 
coolwalker said:
man are you off-base. Local elections vote in city council which votes for school board members that directly affect your children. They fight for what your area might deserve at your legislature...it is the bottom run in the ladder and without it, the concept of democracy crumbles. Please, vote locally as well, no matter which way you vote.
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I vote early and often in every election.:shock:
 
coolwalker said:
man are you off-base. Local elections vote in city council which votes for school board members that directly affect your children. They fight for what your area might deserve at your legislature...it is the bottom run in the ladder and without it, the concept of democracy crumbles. Please, vote locally as well, no matter which way you vote.
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Yes: in fact - local elections do effect me more directly that national elections do . . . in my local elections a few individual votes can really swing a race - or hike taxes. I've fought a proposal to build a new jail for years - I still feel they should just fix the one they already have. We win every vote but not by much.
 
Politics is a game I only play when I have something to win. I vote when I care about the outcome, and I see absolutely no obligation to vote when I don't care.
 
yes. i vote in every election. only have missed one since i was 18.
 
I've not missed voting in any election since I was 18. Voting is not just a privilege, it is a duty. Democracy requires participation to succeed. The only time I refused to check a name on the ballot was 2008, for the office of president. None were either qualified or worthy, so I wrote in someone who was.
 
I vote in just about every election, although there are a few local elections that are pretty pointless and I don't bother. I've never missed voting in a national election since Reagan.
 
I have voted in almost every election since I have been eligible. That does not mean I vote in every contest on every ballot. Probably 80-90%. If I know nothing about a judge, I won't vote to retain them or defeat them, for example. I'll just leave it blank. When I lived in California there were a few state-wide ballot initiatives that I had no preference either way, so I left those blank.


Gipper said:
I couldn't give a damn about local elections. Those really have little to no impact and are essentially popularity contests.
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Totally disagree. Their decisions are what affect your life on a day-to-day basis.


grip said:
For President? Why when the electoral college decides who wins. Three presidents have won without the popular vote, including Bush against Gore.
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Popular vote chooses who your state's electoral votes go to. (Almost always)
 
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