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All the votes i could cast this year that will substantively affect an outcome have already been cast in my state’s statewide primary, in which i cast an absent
by hprotagonist 6y ago
All the votes i could cast this year that will substantively affect an outcome have already been cast in my state’s statewide primary, in which i cast an absentee ballot i mailed back last week. I voted in the presidential primary before lockdown, where my candidate was defeated.
I will for damn sure be voting in the general, but my local rep is running uncontested, my state has a polling average of ~+40 biden, and no local ballot measures of any interest are included this cycle, so all i’m doing is bumping the popular vote a bit in an extremely predictable direction as far as top of the ticket is concerned.
Downballot, we have a right to repair measure that I think is important, but not a lot else.
edit: just to be clear, I _love_ voting, I take my obligations seriously, it's one of my favorite civic activities, I am well aware of the importance of local politics. Mostly, I am equal parts relieved that we're here again, and only disappointed that the pandemic is almost certainly going to preclude my usual celebratory post-voting girl scout bake-sale brownie at my polling place.
- Naac 6y agoPresumably there are also important local ordinances and local officials that are worth voting for, where your single vote counts much more.
- hprotagonist 6y agonot really. I did look, and i'll of course participate, but most of it's not in question or up for reelection this cycle.
- djaque 6y agoI would be fearful of polls considering the 2016 presidential election. Plus, there's more than just the president and your state rep. Local positions like judges, DAs, etc are also important. In some sense probably more importany than federal politics.
- chrisweekly 6y ago"Local positions like judges, DAs, etc are also important. In some sense probably more importany than federal politics" Not in this election they aren't.
- djaque 6y agoTrust me... I understand how important the presidential is. My point was that politics in the US rolls uphill. You have a much bigger impact on local elections than on federal elections. That one vote has a bigger impact than on trying to change that one senate seat.
- hprotagonist 6y agoput it this way: my state was the only one that went for mondale. I'm not super in doubt about the outcome of the presidential ballot in november, here :)
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- tunesmith 6y agoPeople have got to get over the math arguments here. Voting isn't about whether your vote will "matter" mathematically to your local races. It's a symbol of expressing your democratic power - a discipline and civic responsibility. We should all vote just as part of being citizens that care about and defend democracy. (And then occasionally - you don't know when - it will also matter mathematically.)
- ipnon 6y agoIt's more important to identify as a voter than it is to just vote.
- hprotagonist 6y agoNo fear, i am quite vocal about that.
- yencabulator 6y agoYour vote should still show in the "popular vote", right? Popular vs electoral college results might result in a reform, later. Please get on record with your decision, please vote.