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Do you wear the "I voted" stickers they give you after you voted?

Do you wear the "I voted" stickers they give you after you voted?

  • Yes

    Votes: 18 60.0%

  • no

    Votes: 12 40.0%
  • Total voters
    30
Excon said:
Sorry, but you are incorrect.
My point was a counter to yours. As in, there is no problem.
They shouldn't even be near the polls.

A person's lack of interest is not a problem, but a choice.
Which should never be looked upon as a problem.
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Voter apathy most certainly is a problem. I am underrepresented because my demographic doesn't vote and therefore the policies that end up applying to me are determined by those entirely outside my demographic. The rights of my demographic are not protected unless my demographic gets out and votes for them, which means MY rights are not protected unless people get off the ****ing couch and vote.

Democracy doesn't work without civic engagement.
 
Dooble said:
I don't see the connection between voting and applying your brakes. Can you enlighten me here?
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It's a joke dude. I sat here trying to think of some deep connection.....I got nothing.
 
gavinfielder said:
Voter apathy most certainly is a problem. I am underrepresented because my demographic doesn't vote and therefore the policies that end up applying to me are determined by those entirely outside my demographic. The rights of my demographic are not protected unless my demographic gets out and votes for them, which means MY rights are not protected unless people get off the ****ing couch and vote.
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It isn't about demographics, so it doesn't matter if you think you are under represented as you say.
The truth is, as a person, that you are represented just fine.
You just don't like it and think that you would have more representation if it was the way you wanted it to be. And while that may be true, it does not mean we have a problem. Only that you do not like how it works.

gavinfielder said:
Democracy doesn't work without civic engagement.
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It works just fine.
The only issue is that you do not like how it works.
And secondly, we are a Republic, and it still works just fine.
 
gavinfielder said:
The lack of stickers does it even less.

It's absolutely a peer pressure thing. Voter apathy is a huge problem in America, and I think the stickers still have some effect in shaming people on their lack of civic engagement. And you won't get people to be informed without first making them realize they actually should.
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I don't think it's a problem at all. I'd like to see even less people voting, considering the number of idiots who do vote without having a clue what it is they're voting for. I want the people who are informed on the issues, the people who understand the candidates' platforms, who have researched the propositions, who are conversant in the politics. In short, I only want people with a clue to pull that lever.

The people who are too damn stupid to know what they're doing need to stay home.
 
Dooble said:
No. Thank you, Cephus. America would be in a veritable s*** hole if wasn't for your genius.
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America is a s***hole because the people who are voting are doing so for selfish or stupid reasons, not for intelligent and rational ones.

So who are you voting for, and why?
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Voted a while back, always do so absentee. Who and what I voted for is irrelevant.
 
Cephus said:
I don't think it's a problem at all. I'd like to see even less people voting, considering the number of idiots who do vote without having a clue what it is they're voting for. I want the people who are informed on the issues, the people who understand the candidates' platforms, who have researched the propositions, who are conversant in the politics. In short, I only want people with a clue to pull that lever.

The people who are too damn stupid to know what they're doing need to stay home.
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I couldn't agree more. Democracy in the form of allowing people to vote without a thorough understanding of what they're voting for is absolutely illogical.
 
I think it's so full of **** that someone can claim that that any representative democratic government can cause problems for people and not realize that the fundamental problem behind it is an uneducated and unengaged society.
 
Cephus said:
America is a s***hole because the people who are voting are doing so for selfish or stupid reasons, not for intelligent and rational ones.
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I've got to tell you, Cephus. I am really, REALLY, curious to know who you think would be an appropriate candidate for President. Can you at least tell me that much?



Cephus said:
Voted a while back, always do so absentee. Who and what I voted for is irrelevant.
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So it doesn't matter who you vote for, just so long as you vote? Doesn't that contradict what you're trying to say up above?
 
99percenter said:
Just curious. I don't because i don't know what purpose it serves to let people know you voted.
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I'm not in the habit of wearing stickers, so no. (In the title, it asks if you "wear" stickers?)

I also wouldn't tacky up my car with stickers.
 
Dooble said:
I've got to tell you, Cephus. I am really, REALLY, curious to know who you think would be an appropriate candidate for President. Can you at least tell me that much?
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Fiscally conservative, socially moderate at the minimum, someone who actually gives a damn about the country over their own political career.

So it doesn't matter who you vote for, just so long as you vote? Doesn't that contradict what you're trying to say up above?
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No, it's irrelevant to the discussion who I voted for, thus I'm not saying. It's none of your damn business.
 
Cephus said:
Fiscally conservative, socially moderate at the minimum, someone who actually gives a damn about the country over their own political career.
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You didn't answer the question.



Cephus said:
No, it's irrelevant to the discussion who I voted for, thus I'm not saying. It's none of your damn business.
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Then how am I supposed to know the extent of your genius? Am I supposed to just take your word for it?
 
Cephus said:
Sure I did, you asked what kind of person I would vote for, I told you.
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Not quite. I asked who you would vote for, not what kind of person you would vote for.
 
Dooble said:
Not quite. I asked who you would vote for, not what kind of person you would vote for.
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What difference does it make? Any vote I make in this election is for the lesser of the evils since every single candidate, regardless of party, sucks.
 
Dooble said:
Not quite. I asked who you would vote for, not what kind of person you would vote for.
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well, share with us your obviously special political insights
who should he have voted for as president and why
 
Cephus said:
What difference does it make?
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The "difference" is whether you possess the ability to answer this question. Apparently, you don't.
 
justabubba said:
well, share with us your obviously special political insights.
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I don't have any special insights. Cephus is the expert here, not me.
 
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