How Important Is It To Vote, and Does It Still In Your Opinion, Count For Much?

Question

2008, is about a stones throw away, and America, would really like to know. Your thoughts, are appreciated. Don't let me stop you.

Answer 1

I think it is important. How important, I don't know. I want it to count and to have meaning. The Electoral College is antiquated and has little relevance or meaning to me.

There is a feeling of hopelessness that inundates people of this nation. I feel it. Do you feel it?

It is important to have a voice, to be involved, and to seek change for the better. I am on political committees, delegations, and I think we are not making a difference at ALL. Every convention or committee meeting I attend feels like bureaucratic BS!

Just today, I received a phone call from a politician's campaign manager, and he asked if I would let them put a sign in my yard. "Not likely." I told him that just because we were the same political party didn't mean that I supported him. And I asked the campaign manager what if anything had this mayoral candidate (that has been a legislator for 9 years) done for the city. Accountability was the top of my list. Is there a continued vision for business, environment & community? Nothing.

I am frustrated that picking a party limits my interests.
VOTE. I hope it will make a difference someday.

Answer 2

It may seem that your vote does not count for anything.

Consider this:

One raindrop does not account much to a city like New Orleans. But when all the single raindrops fall in one area like with Hurricane Katrina it did count, though in a disasterous way.

If everyone who knows a candidate that is actually honest and upstanding (very hard to find) believed their vote did not count for anything, therefore did not vote. Instead a candidate who is known to be corrupt gets in because all of this candidate's supporters took the time and effort and voted for this corrupt candidate. The corrupt candidate would get in with a landslide majority.

That would be like a hurricane Katrina hittng that area.

Do your research unbiasly and with an open mind. Find out the pro and cons about each candidate and base your decision on this. Do not be swayed by rumour, insinuation, and general opinions. Think for yourself.

Many wars were fought for the rights of the citizens of the U.S.A and Canada which allowed the their freedoms to a secret ballot on election dayalong many other freedoms we enjoy. Do not disgrace your ancestors who gave their lives for these rights - GO OUT AND VOTE.

Good Luck.

Answer 3

If Hillary wins then the election is rigged. The DNC and the RNC are extraconstitutional (outside) but they control the elections. They hinder the free expression of ideas and disallow third party candidates. They are organized crime and should be charged under the RICO statutes except anyone who would charge them is a member already.

So there is no doubt here is and instance. James W. McCord - a security co-ordinator for the Republican National Committee and the Committee for the Re-election of the President. McCord was also a former FBI and CIA agent. He was dismissed from his RNC and CREEP positions the day after the break-in.

The RNC allows politicians GW BUSH, KARL ROVE to use their internal email system to send what may be illegal emails. They purge the system every 30 days which would allow a criminal using their system to hide illicit activity. Rove has been active in the RNC for 34 years.

In his book Michael Chapman, A Case for Impeachment - (Page 13) said, "Four Democratic fund raisers have stated that former DNC Finance Chairman Marvin Rosen explicitly advocated selling access to the President..." At the time Clinton.

In the furor about campaign fund-raising tactics used by the Clinton-Gore reelection committee there have been denials, corrections, waffling and tortured legalisms to explain sometimes-bizarre efforts by Bill Clinton and Al Gore to raise money for themselves and the Democratic National Committee, or DNC. Date: May 8, 2000 Author: Rodriguez, Paul M.

Congress passed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1961-1968

To prove a racketteering charge one must first prove that an individual committed, "any act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance . . . which is chargeable under State law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year."

Only if the evidence supports these "lesser" charges, can the plaintiff or prosecutor proceed with the remaining elements of the "greater" RICO claim, e.g., pattern, enterprise, operation and management.

Answer 4

I'm not in the US - I am in Canada, but the exact same debate comes up here too.

I've always gone by this simple rule: If you don't exercise your right to vote, then you waive your right to complain.

If you DO vote, and the person or party you wanted wins, and then they don't live up to expectations, then you have the right to complain that they aren't doing the job you voted them in for. If your candidate/party doesn't win, then when they are messing up, you can still complain that you voted against them because you felt they weren't up to the task.

However, if you abstain from voting, then accept whatever happens. You didn't contribute to the process.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

It is my duty to vote and I take responsibilities very seriously, however, I would like to see the electoral college system of voting discontinued. The people of the USA are fully capable of electing the president of choice. That's my opinion.

Answer 6

In my opinion, my personal vote does not affect the outcome of a presidential election because, in my conspiracy theorist mind, it's all rigged anyway; however, I do believe that each and every American, 18 years and older, should exercise their right to vote. Many countries do not have this right, so lets all exercise because we CAN.

Answer 7

Very important. I would feel like I had no right to complain if I did not vote, when I have the right to do so.

Answer 8

If you don't vote - you can be sure your opinion won't count for much.

Voting is important, the entire process - not just the presidential elections.

Answer 9

I will not give up my right to vote, many people may think it doesn't mean anything but when I vote that is my opinion I am giving.

Answer 10

Voting is very important but it is not the only thing. If you desire change you must not only vote, but contribute to campaigns of candidates that you find worthy of your vote. You can contribute cash, or time, or skills.