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ElatedVenusaur posted...

The Democrats have majorities in both chambers and a Democrat in the White House right now. If they wanted to, they could put those to use to legalize abortion access nationwide.
But, of course, they failed to do so every other chance they had to do this since 1973, why would they start doing something now?

Moreover, our very political system minimizes the importance of votes via gerrymandering: either via the biased drawing of House districts or already built-in, as in the Senate. Some states are so thoroughly gerrymandered it would take a supermajority of voters to kick out their Republican majorities!
So, no, I'm sorry, but voting hasn't solved this problem and it will almost certainly continue to not solve this problem. In all likelihood, it will only become less and less meaningful as the Republican supermajorities and the courts continue to undermine voting rights in carefree defiance of the popular will.

The majority the Democrats have now is so paper-thin they can't even get Manchin and Sinema to vote on routine spending bills. If you want to cast your vote aside for that reason then go ahead because you've clearly barely thought it out either way.

Again, objectively the Supreme Court would not have ruled this right now in a parallel universe where Hillary Clinton wins in 2016. Objectively, the makeup of the court would then be completely backwards and Republicans' assault on women's rights would be beaten back by decades. If you hear that, comprehend that, and still think "but there's still no point in voting though" then I think there's obviously no point in discussing it more with you either.