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There are hundreds of elected offices in the American government that get replaced every two years (and in many cases, every one year). There is only one job in the American government that requires you to be chosen by the entire nation. That job is the President. This means that outside of this one part of the ballot, which only ever happens every other major election, your vote is instead tallied among thousands (as is the case of local jobs, like city councilman or sheriff) or tens of thousands (as is the case of state jobs, like DA or senator). The majority of these elected offices, year-by-year, are decided by less than a few hundred votes. Especially on the local level. Therefore when you refuse to vote because your "vote doesn't matter", you are a huge retard because you're focusing only on the only job that demands the participation of the entire country and ignoring the hundreds and hundreds of other jobs that are decided often by a difference of a few hundred votes. QED
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my vote doesn't matter
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Sep 5, 2015 11:04
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I can vote in canada and the US and let me tell you boy my vote doesn't matter
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Sep 5, 2015 11:31
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Baloogan posted:I can vote in canada and the US and let me tell you boy my vote doesn't matter Now you know what you must do: vote for both Harper and Bush, bring about the end times
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Sep 5, 2015 12:27
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also remember that not voting does not in anyway absolve you of the crimes committed by the nation in which you reside and participate.
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Sep 5, 2015 13:28
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Wheeee posted:Now you know what you must do: vote for both Harper and Bush, bring about the end times Trump / Write in Trump.
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Sep 5, 2015 13:48
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I'm always skeptical of people who put more effort into yelling at people who don't vote to vote than they do considering the reasons that lead people towards not voting and doing something to address them.
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Sep 5, 2015 13:54
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im going to be in texas for the next election and my vote doesnt matter
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Sep 5, 2015 14:32
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full communism now tear down the sham that is bourgeois "democracy" and replace it with workers councils execute all counter revolutionaries
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Sep 5, 2015 14:33
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Angepain posted:I'm always skeptical of people who put more effort into yelling at people who don't vote to vote than they do considering the reasons that lead people towards not voting and doing something to address them. Voting should be mandatory. No one should be able to say "whatever lol, not my pres, I didn't vote" like idiot leftists did in 2004.
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Sep 5, 2015 14:35
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TEAYCHES posted:full communism now
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Sep 5, 2015 14:35
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TEAYCHES posted:full communism now syndicalism4lyfe
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Sep 5, 2015 14:38
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I find it interesting that people who think their vote matters conflate "large numbers of people who don't vote could sway an election" with "my individual vote could sway an election" and don't see the difference or refuse to see the difference because it's convenient for their argument. Your vote doesn't matter but a large enough grouping does. Start arguing for that because it's actually true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amd1mkHEwDg
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Sep 5, 2015 14:54
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OP is a portuguese dota pro from games who has never heard of the electoral college trying to lecture stupid americans about voting.
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Sep 5, 2015 15:04
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Love Stole the Day posted:There are hundreds of elected offices in the American government that get replaced every two years (and in many cases, every one year). You know what they say: voting is for lovers.
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Sep 6, 2015 03:21
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you know what they say about votes, everyone's got one lol!!
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Sep 6, 2015 03:55
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i would vote, but existence is meaningless and i want to die most of the time. the sanders fans still need some time to catch up to me.
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Sep 6, 2015 09:26
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Angepain posted:I'm always skeptical of people who put more effort into yelling at people who don't vote to vote than they do considering the reasons that lead people towards not voting and doing something to address them. Ignorance and stupidity are not reasons, they are excuses Love Stole the Day has issued a correction as of 10:25 on Sep 6, 2015 |
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Sep 6, 2015 10:23
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Up until this election, voting didn't matter. Now we may have the opportunity to vote for Donald Trump. I implore everyone with this "my vote doesn't matter" position to register republican, vote for him in the primaries, and then vote for him in the general election. Not only because he's objectively the best candidate both in terms of policy and in terms of entertainment value, but because a vote for Donald Trump is a middle figure to every moron who told you that voting mattered. It is a way to piss off your "smart" republican dad and all your college SJW friends and Fox news and MSNBC in one fell swoop. Donald Trump is a glorious intermediate step between President Obama and President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
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Sep 6, 2015 14:06
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Absurd Alhazred posted:You know what they say: voting is for lovers. Quit trying to steal my state's tag line <  >
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Sep 6, 2015 14:17
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Some people say it's worthless to vote, but I disagree. The problem is people only ever vote for two options, when there are multiple to pick from. 1 and 5 are not the only choices. Please join me in voting 4 on this thread and going hog wild. 
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Sep 6, 2015 15:26
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only vote if you're going to vote for bernie sanders don't bother otherwise sheep
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Sep 6, 2015 15:30
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what if the establishment held an election.. and no one showed up to vote 
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Sep 6, 2015 16:11
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Thump! posted:Quit trying to steal my state's tag line < I vote to liberate it.
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Baloogan posted:I can vote in canada and the US and let me tell you boy my vote doesn't matter Ted Cruz, is that you?
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Sep 6, 2015 20:27
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Fun fact: your vote in the presidential election doesn't matter, for a variety of reasons, but largely because the electoral college elects the presidents.
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A White Guy posted:Fun fact: your vote in the presidential election doesn't matter, for a variety of reasons, but largely because the electoral college elects the presidents. Like OP noted, there's tons of non-Presidential races where your vote counts for much more.
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Sep 6, 2015 20:49
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maker posted:only vote if you're going to vote for Donald "The Trump" Trump  Absurd Alhazred posted:Like OP noted, there's tons of non-Presidential races where your vote counts for much more. Oh no my city dogcatcher might be a republican *scary music* tsa has issued a correction as of 20:54 on Sep 6, 2015 |
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Sep 6, 2015 20:50
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Vote for the candidate of your choice, but do so ironically.
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Sep 6, 2015 21:20
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tsa posted:Oh no my city dogcatcher might be a republican *scary music* More like your county court judge might have close relations with the local private juvenile prison.
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Sep 6, 2015 21:45
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Absurd Alhazred posted:More like your county court judge might have close relations with the local private juvenile prison. That's Absurd
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Sep 6, 2015 21:52
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Unless one of the elections on the ballot comes down to a single vote, my vote will not matter at all. Whether or not I vote will have no effect on reality at all.
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Sep 6, 2015 22:19
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make election day a federal holiday, make it a crime not to vote, provide improved access to voting centers, write-in voting, and maybe even ~*online voting!!*~ and get rid of laws that keep poor people from voting, and then voting will be good and useful Until then I'll be super cynical about the whole process e: oh yeah also fix all the ridiculous gerrymandering tia the bitcoin of weed has issued a correction as of 23:12 on Sep 6, 2015 |
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Sep 6, 2015 23:09
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Fullhouse posted:make it a crime not to vote ugh
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Sep 6, 2015 23:40
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its good and cool when people dont vote because it tells you in convenient % form how much of the country hates/doesn't care for all available options
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Sep 7, 2015 06:30
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Neurolimal posted:its good and cool when people dont vote because it tells you in convenient % form how much of the country hates/doesn't care for all available options This is a cop-out way of saying "I'm too much of a lazy piece of poo poo to pay attention or even have an opinion." Refusing to vote for President is one thing, but if you refuse to vote for city council, police sheriff, district attorney, etc for your city/region/state then you are not being all smart and poo poo. You are being a loving retard.
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Sep 7, 2015 06:46
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Love Stole the Day posted:There are hundreds of elected offices in the American government that get replaced every two years (and in many cases, every one year). Every local election on my ballot is a single republican running unopposed.
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Wulfolme posted:Every local election on my ballot is a single republican running unopposed. You are old enough to run against them if you don't like it. To quote Jon Stewart when his audience boo'ed the Texas Board of Education removing evolution from textbooks: "Well then get your asses in office!"
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Sep 7, 2015 13:11
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I'll just go ahead and use my unlimited time and money to stand in every race that doesn't already have a candidate i support
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Gum posted:I'll just go ahead and use my unlimited time and money to stand in every race that doesn't already have a candidate i support I'll vote for you.
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