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In American style representative democracy there certainly are places where voting is useless depending on your political affiliation.
by DarmokTanagra 2mo ago
In American style representative democracy there certainly are places where voting is useless depending on your political affiliation.
- johnnyanmac 2mo agoUseless because everyone around you genuinely thinks differently from you? Or useless because said 70+ yo retired asset owners with more means to vote without more than the working class? Big difference in issue. You can't gerrymander a local bill so those kinds of votes are arguably more important than nationals. And you'd be surprised how big a difference a visit with a few dozen of your peers can make to a townhall meeting. That's something we seem to forget until our backs are truly to a wall.
- bpodgursky 2mo agoOnly if you are too stubborn to register as the dominant party and vote in the primary.
- DarmokTanagra 2mo ago"Voting works, you just need to compromise your beliefs and pretend to be someone that hates everything you believe in to participate!" Hallmark of a healthy democracy.
- bpodgursky 2mo agoI think that's an exaggeration, everyone does this in a FPTP system. I've never voted for a candidate in any party I particularly liked, you just pick the closest.