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Voting isn't about getting the best candidates into office, its about being able to get the worst ones out.
by noonespecial 14y ago
Voting isn't about getting the best candidates into office, its about being able to get the worst ones out.
- lucian303 14y agoAnd in the US, it's about nothing at all because unfortunately one of the protections against voters and one of the most ill-conceived ideas of government has been the electoral college. If you're not in the small percentage or so whose vote might count (read "swing-state), or whose state primary / caucus comes so late it's irrelevant, walking into a voting booth (or filling out a vote by mail, email or whatever insecure thing they do these days) is a waste of time. Then there's the matter of the compromised voting machines ...