you really believe your vote means anything?

Question

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as long as the electoral college exists your vote decides nothing

Answer 1

Reagan won by popular vote, whereas his opponent conceded before election votes were completely in and counted. It is possible that you will be part of a popular vote in this general election in 2008. I believe we will break the record for turnout in the coming primary and general election. Yes. Our votes do count.

Answer 2

Your vote absolutely does mean something! If you ever contacted your elected officials or worked on or observed a political campaign you'll see that our elected representatives pay a lot more attention to registered voters than to those who aren't registered to vote. That's because they need your vote! Many elections especially local elections can be very close. The problem is that because only about 30% of the public vote we don't always put someone in office who feels they must represent all the people (they feel they only have to represent those that voted for them - this is paraphrasing Karl Rove and other neo-cons). As to the electoral college it is very possible that in a close election the electoral college may go to the person for president that didn't get the most votes (i.e., 2000 Gore vs Bush). But that is rare and if more people had voted things may have turned out differently. And again in a close election your vote becomes even more important and your ability to get others of like mind to vote with you matters even more. What is also important is that you make an informed vote and that you vote in your own best interest. The media doesn't do a very good job of infoming us of what politicians are really likely to be like and political ads on TV are patently designed to persuade you to vote on as little information as possible (even if the info is false). So you should learn about who your voting for - in both local and national elections - by doing a little research and checking out a variety of sources not just a few channels on TV and then your vote becomes even more powerful.

Answer 3

The belief that our vote doesn't count, and that we have to stick to the lesser of two evils because a vote for an independent translates to a vote for the opposition is nothing but horse manure! - Our vote does count, and thank God for the electoral college! In addition - vote for whom your conscience dictates would be the best candidate to address Your Needs - It's time for people to stop believing our vote doesn't count. That's exactly what Bush/Clinton want you to believe.

Answer 4

Not true at all. I will agree that depending on what state you live in your vote might not be worth it. In Florida we learned in 2000 that it very much does matter. There are other states where it's predominately one party or the other and in that case if you are voting the opposite you might as well just go to work that morning instead of the polls.

Answer 5

Assuming you are talking about the presidential race, then it depends where you live. If you live in New Hampshire, or
Iowa, or South Carolina, your vote is important. If you live
in a lot of other states that vote after the nominee is already decided, like Kentucky and many other states, you are totally
disenfranchised and your vote means nothing.

Answer 6

No.It's just another mind game the goverment plays on us.They sure do have alot of people brainwashed into thinking that their vote matters.Otherwise why would people waste thier time.

Answer 7

Only if you you vote blue in a blue state or red in a red state. If not your vote does not count for diddly!

Answer 8

Maybe not in certain states. (i.e Massachusetts where I live), but it is still our duty if we choose to criticize politicians

Answer 9

not if you're voting for the lesser of two evils, i.e. democrats or republicans