06-20-2021, 06:27 PM
pdq wrote:
[quote=Steve G.]
Overall voter turnout was 48.8% -- the lowest since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979.
Oddly enough, in 2016, two US states had even lower turnout than that: Utah (46.4%) and Hawaii (42.4%).
I suppose those were additional examples where the (state) outcome was so certain that people couldn’t be bothered to vote.
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Don C wrote:
I have to admit that it is sometimes hard to go vote knowing that my vote will be swamped by people with whom I disagree, so I understand the sentiment.
FWIW: I DO vote so that at least there is a count for "my people" but knowing that I won't sway the outcome makes it a matter of principal over hope.
In 2016, we weren't thrilled with any of the choices at the top of the ticket, and here in Cali it wasn't gonna make a difference anyway, so for the first time in our voting-eligible careers, we protested by not voting for a #45. In retrospect, I now wish we had written in votes for Pat Paulsen....
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