I sometimes get frustrated by the general boneheadedness that goes into voting–and not voting. How is not voting an act of protest? It’s not like you get to sit out the consequences just because you didn’t vote. It should be simple enough to look at the candidates and see which of them has the potential to move the needle a bit more in the direction of the outcome you want.
This is particularly the case with certain issues that a candidate may not address directly in their campaign. Certain issues that, for good reason, many people are very passionate about (myself included–you know what it is, folks). My rebuke to that is, how the heck do you expect to get elected if you come out and say that on the campaign trail, considering everything? Look at a candidate’s history (specifically the one running under the color of this very blog), and you can see where they stand on the issue. What? You think the other guy is gonna make things better?
A frustration I think everyone can agree on is that lasting change often comes slowly. I guess my point here is that, if you want change but don’t want to vote, what are you doing to bring about the change you want to see? As Americans, our vote is our chance to make our voice heard in the gargantuan machine that is politics. Please don’t waste it to make a point that no one’s going to notice.
Please vote.
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