Current Events > one vote (your vote) has no effect on the outcome of any election

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unless said election has an incredibly small voter pool, but even at something like a hundred total votes, yours alone is meaningless. if you not casting your vote encourages others to also not vote, it's less meaningless, but unless your sphere of influence covers thousands of people (giving you thousands of votes), it's still not going to make a difference

why vote when it doesn't matter either way?

nice try, Russia

Civil duty
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This is a Republican tactic, I've been told.
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If everyone believed that no one would win.
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

This is a Republican tactic, I've been told.

i'm not even american
MetalGearRiki posted...

If everyone believed that no one would win.

voter turnout goes up and down, but barring an apocalypse, it'll never go down to 0% in a non third-world country. your presence or lack thereof (unless you're able to influence thousands of people) has no effect on voter turnout. someone will always win, and your contribution will always be meaningless

But the contributions are what determine the vote. Your math is bad, but you're just now figuring out the paradox of the heap, so take your time.
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