Here's one of my favorite reasons to vote: Your vote does have an impact on the vote count. I like to check out the vote tallies when the election is over -- a

Here's one of my favorite reasons to vote: Your vote does have an impact on the vote count. I like to check out the vote tallies when the election is over -- and when it says "324,879" instead of "324,878" or whatever, I think, "Hey, that's me!" This also works whether you live in a swing state like Ohio or a forgone conclusion like California. And in all seriousness, vote count does matter, even if the outcome is a "sure thing." The size of a victory plays a very big role in giving a mandate for the winner to get things done. So hackers...seriously, get out there and vote, even if it only makes a 1/305,563,000 difference.