Does Not Voting Send a Worthwhile Message

[Anonymous]

I'm so tired of the poster who keeps calling people "childish" for not being able to get behind Trump or Hillary.

Chances are you're a rabid Hillary supporter who is afraid she won't win.

Well, here's the reality (as many have pointed out)...there are a LOT of people in this country open to and looking for an alternative they can embrace. If that alternative becomes available and gets the right publicity behind them, we may end up with an exciting and historic election this year (instead of the incredible embarrassment and disappointment we will feel if Hillary or Trump is elected).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:vote third party instead of not voting

That would accomplish nothing. The 3rd parties have failed to build sustainable grassroots organizations and in their current form are simply agents of chaos.

Well, then I guess MLK and Susan B. Anthony and Malala and others like these protesters have been useless to society.

Chaos isn't always a bad thing b/c it wakes people up.

I'm all for chaos in this case. We have two candidates whom we've ALLOWED to divide the country. If you're OK with status quo, by all means vote Clinton or Trump. Stick with the Ds or Rs.

I prefer to make a statement, and I know my friends and relatives are with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so tired of the poster who keeps calling people "childish" for not being able to get behind Trump or Hillary.

Chances are you're a rabid Hillary supporter who is afraid she won't win.

Well, here's the reality (as many have pointed out)...there are a LOT of people in this country open to and looking for an alternative they can embrace. If that alternative becomes available and gets the right publicity behind them, we may end up with an exciting and historic election this year (instead of the incredible embarrassment and disappointment we will feel if Hillary or Trump is elected).

+1

Independents are now at 42%, according to PEW.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And Bernie could still win, if only no one except Bernie supporters voted and they all took the time to write him in! It can happen! Yes we can!

My 80 yo mom is writing him in!

Most states don't allow write-in votes unless the candidate registers for the General.

She's 80. lifelong Dem who's disgusted

She'll write in his name no matter what just to make a statement. But yes, you're right. Bernie would need to register.

Disgusted why? What statement does she imagine she'll be making?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And Bernie could still win, if only no one except Bernie supporters voted and they all took the time to write him in! It can happen! Yes we can!

My 80 yo mom is writing him in!

Most states don't allow write-in votes unless the candidate registers for the General.

She's 80. lifelong Dem who's disgusted

She'll write in his name no matter what just to make a statement. But yes, you're right. Bernie would need to register.

Disgusted why? What statement does she imagine she'll be making?

She's 80, the daughter of immigrants, and is entitled to vote as she pleases. She's never missed one election and has voted straight Dem. She's seen changes in the party, and as one who - thankfully - is still self-sufficient and financially secure, she sees how the elderly in this country can't make it. She wants nothing more than for the country to get its priorities straight. And the Dems are no better than the Rs in terms of working FOR the people who have put years into the system.

What do you care anyway? She's one vote.