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Does Voting Matter This poll is closed. |
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| Yes |
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91 | 28.44% |
| No |
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133 | 41.56% |
| Jeb |
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59 | 18.44% |
| Bernie |
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37 | 11.56% |
| Total: | 320 votes | ||
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i think it's hard to say voting on a national level doesn't matter after the way georgia shifted in the presidential and senatorial races. obviously your single vote wasn't the single difference maker, but the beauty of a mass movement is coming together with your comrades and flexing the immense power that emerges from the aggregate when you unite. if you decide to scab and break a picket line, the strike won't live or day based on your single decision, but i don't think many in this thread would contend that striking is pointless on an individual level. i guess it is easier to hold this position in a state where vote by mail makes things very painless. the actual process of voting outside of choosing candidates takes me about half an hour each election tops and i agree with other posters that local elections are very important in terms of impact on your wellbeing and the wellbeing of your community, but in my experience they can be difficult to navigate. very often the pool of candidates is shallow, their positions and priorities are even more opaque than the state or national level, and there are much fewer outside resources like detailed voting records and third party endorsements, which makes due diligence in choosing a candidate orders of magnitude harder
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