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Jilly_in_VA

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2. I was always told

Reply to murielm99 (Original post)

Sat Aug 5, 2023, 04:21 PM

Aug 2023

that if you don't vote, you give up your right to bitch. That's one. Two, if you don't vote, there is no opposition to the other guys. Three, even if you are a minority, which I am in the district where I live now, you still need to register your voice. Just in the last election, the vote for the Democratic House candidate was up 4%, which may not sound like a lot, but if you live in a deep red district, it is! Fourth, if people don't vote, there is no hope---and hopelessness is what leads to dictatorships.

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An honest question for this group: [View all] murielm99 Aug 2023 OP

As I told my kids when a local candidate won by 7 votes in a recount: never tell me your vote ... Hekate Aug 2023 #1

That was the story I had for this young woman. murielm99 Aug 2023 #4

I was always told Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 #2

That's a version of my philosophy on the subject as well Hekate Aug 2023 #19

Lauren Boebert made it into Congress by 500 votes Walleye Aug 2023 #3

If you don't vote you don't have the right to complain. lpbk2713 Aug 2023 #5

Lots of reasons. TwilightZone Aug 2023 #6

That's the most compelling, I think. 537 votes elected Bush. Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #13

Because your vote could determine the outcome of an election that effects your life bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #7

Oh, and if they're religious, ya tell them it's your gawd given right to vote, and if ya don't a kennedy Aug 2023 #8

Trump. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #9

I would say she should shift her focus from Presidential to local elections Maru Kitteh Aug 2023 #10

It is an intellectual responsibility. To not have an opinion on a cachukis Aug 2023 #11

Iirc, you're in IL? Use legalization of weed to make the point Arazi Aug 2023 #12

Legalization of weed is a good example questionseverything Aug 2023 #17

How many cells make up the human body? patphil Aug 2023 #14

We have one Democrat, one, on our small city's Council mcar Aug 2023 #15

When I think about this question, Dan Aug 2023 #16

There is a similar group in my county LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 #18

Even if your vote does not prevail it STILL MATTERS. AndyS Aug 2023 #20

Go vote and encourage your friends and family to vote, so it's not just one measly ballot. Earth-shine Aug 2023 #21

Because that one thing, voting. Eko Aug 2023 #22

"Why vote".... that's why Roe is gone ismnotwasm Aug 2023 #23

Because people out there who hate YOU are COUNTING on you to FAIL. B.See Aug 2023 #24

One vote may not matter Mz Pip Aug 2023 #25