Still though. The complacency of some eligible voters is disheartening. Even today some people in the office don’t bother because they truly believe they cannot make a difference.
Yup, the fallout of the collective experience both domestically and internationally will be something else...we are definitely heading to uncharted territory in U.S. history.
I honestly think it will be fine if we turn the ship around pretty quickly. The rest of the world will breathe a collective sigh of relief, and we'll get back to business as usual.
Trumps presidency was decided by a bit more than 77000 votes across 3 states. That's 0.0002333% of the current US population. I feel like thats a good rebuttal to that argument.
When i read how many votes trump won by i was blown away. One state was only 10k votes in favor of trump. Insanity. Its easy to find the exact numbers if you need em.
If you didnt live in those states your vote meant way less. Presidential Candidates spend all their time campaigning in 5 states pandering to 15% or less of the population.
I know those numbers are generalities, but you get the picture. Trump probably spent zero days in Washington state. Hillary probably spent zero days in Texas.
Oh absolutely. But my point was that all elections can come down to similar margins. A minnisotan vote doesn't matter for shit for a Californian house seat so Californians should still vote.
I used to be like that. Now, as long as I live, I will never miss another election. Last November in Texas we had a special election. No person was on the ballot, only referendums, but I still got out there and voted.
My fiance didn't want to vote lat month here in PA cause it was rainy and like 6:30 p.m. I told her I was going with or without her. She ended up going with me. I was pretty annoyed when she was about to bail.
A lot of people need help understanding the impact that Senate, House and local elections have. I live in a purple county in a very blue state. I know a lot of people that didn't vote in 2016 because it was a foregone conclusion that Clinton would carry the state. Because of that a Republic won our House seat by 50k votes.
Because the base is older, retired, and has the free time to go out and vote in every election. It's one thing to hit up the presidential election every 4 years for someone like myself, who drives an hour+ usually to work, is at different job sites weekly, works 10-12 hour days, and can't afford missing work, to just take off early or come in late to be able to vote in every local/state/whatever election. Doesn't matter if my employer lets me take the time off to vote in all of those, I can't afford to miss work to do so.
Even today some people in the office don’t bother because they truly believe they cannot make a difference.
Well, they are not wrong. One vote is mathematically insignificant. I have no problem conceding this point. So don't vote, but TELL people you vote, tell people its important they vote, tell them why Democracy matters. The viral effect can be sparked by anyone and that one DOES significantly matter.
I wasn't meaning to disagree with you. I was just pointing out that the cumulative effect of individuals not voting can make a big difference even if the individual votes don't seem to matter.
An election that ends with 31 more votes on one side is incredibly, almost impossibly close (unless it's a very local election, in a very small place). 1 vote is still relatively insignificant in that equation, but a few tweets and arranging some cars for your friends to go back and forth from the voting booth, with maybe some Pizza after can be the thing that sways that election.
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u/kalitarios Vermont Dec 13 '17
Still though. The complacency of some eligible voters is disheartening. Even today some people in the office don’t bother because they truly believe they cannot make a difference.