Trollheart

I do, but often I wonder why I bother. It seems the same people always get in, and anyone who has a chance of even maybe shaking the system up, even if I vote for them, is unlikely to be elected. And yet, if I didn't vote, what would happen? How could I then bitch about how crap the new government were if I hadn't at least tried to stop them, to effect some sort of change? And if nobody voted, what would happen, I wonder? I know I vote mostly because of the fact that our country is relatively young and we've only had independence for less than a hundred years, so it seems only right to exercise my right to vote, but in the end, is it all just a big waste of time?

Do you vote, and if so why, and if not, why not?

Edit: sorry, this assumes you are of an age to legally vote, of course.

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Frownland

I vote solely because stupid people vote in droves and they must be stopped.

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djchameleon

I voted always but mostly just for state and local things like board of education seats and things of that nature. I very rarely vote on the Presidential race. I did last year but that was a first in awhile. I usually also go to vote on propositions or anything else that's going on. I never voted for Obama and I didn't vote during Bush's election cycles.

I also don't care about voting in the Presidential race because New York will always go blue regardless of my vote. Thanks electoral college.

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Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

our next provincial election will be my first time voting.

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Janszoon

I vote because I want to have a say in who gets elected. There's not much more to it than that.

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Pet_Sounds

x2. I'll have to choose between Patrick Brown and Kathleen Wynne. And whoever the NDP leader is.

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Aloysius

It's compulsory here for federal and state elections, you don't have to vote for council elections though.

Key

I do vote thanks for asking.

JiggleMonster

Those same "stupid people" vote because they think you are the stupid one, and they want to stop your kind.

JiggleMonster

So you're all stupid.