Because our system is so broken it's like playing TF2 in 2020.
this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2024
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I do sometimes vote, but as for the times I don't, the ballot is one big trick question.
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I have missed a few in the past but I don't expect that for future as my state as mail in and I signed up for it as did my wife.
I used to vote. Then people told me I was doing it wrong. So I stopped.
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I come from a deep blue state, but haven’t lived in the US in years and every time I get an absentee ballot, it’s too late to send it in. I still apply, but we’ll see if it comes in time
I don't vote locally, because I live in a deep red state in which my vote doesn't matter. Because of the electoral college and first past the post voting, it also doesn't matter during presidential elections, but I vote in them anyway, because my dad always said you weren't allowed to complain about the president if you don't vote, and I like complaining.
Not me but a friend of mine is just very black pilled on all the political candidates. That said, he's also the only person I know who regularly goes to protests and he very often calls his local representatives. So he's definitely politically active, he just doesn't vote. I don't really know why that's where he draws the line.
I don't like either candidate. I don't believe either one is better than the other so I have no stake either way.
Also the electoral college I don't trust my representative will vote the way I want.
Also this country has been bought and paid for a long time ago. Most political affiliations are garnered by lobbyists employed by massive bureaucratic corporations.
Just look at the supreme Court.
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