Current Events > Why do people say to go and vote...

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... when surely what they really meant to say was "go and vote, but vote for the people/things I want"?

I mean, are you even sure of what you're trying to accomplish by encouraging other people just to "go vote" without any other sort of qualifiers? What's to say that they won't just vote for the things you don't like? Or are we just supposed to read your mind, or what?

Bafflement.

You know what? You're right, I should go vote.

*Votes for Deez Nuts*

I mean, "go vote" isn't exactly said in a vacuum. It's always said in the context of "Hey, you don't like this thing that's happening? Go vote; vote on issues, get people elected who will fix it."

That's a pain in the ass to type every time, so we use shorthand.

Besides, it's been extraordinarily well documented that Republicans consistently do better when more people DON'T vote, so... yeah, even just "go vote" in a vacuum statistically favors one side even all on its own.

I mean, "go vote" isn't exactly said in a vacuum. It's always said in the context of "Hey, you don't like this thing that's happening? Go vote; vote on issues, get people elected who will fix it."

I'm not talking about things like this. I'm talking about people who literally just say to "go vote", without any qualifiers, or seemingly any reason behind it other than "higher voter turnout = better, somehow". And I've seen many, many people who do this at around just about every sort of big election time.

Just saying "vote for the people who will fix X" means fuck all to a non-voter. Why would you expect someone who hasn't been or isn't voting (presumably the target audience of the "go vote" people; as the people who already are voting obviously wouldn't need the encouragement) to magically know who those people might be?

Besides, it's been extraordinarily well documented that Republicans consistently do better when more people DON'T vote, so... yeah, even just "go vote" in a vacuum statistically favors one side even all on its own.

Valid point

Yeah, that's why at this point I'm checked out on voting. Like, it's some important, high liberty, but no matter what things don't improve. I made the hard choice once but it will be a cold day in hell before I go out of my way to take the time and vote for Biden again. I do vote Democrat straight down the line, but I don't even know half of who these people are, and the country has only got another hundred years if I'm being optimistic. I just count my lucky stars I'm financially well off. Life has gotten so much worse in general than how it was 15 years ago.

Just as annoying as the "I Voted" stickers.

Like who gives a fuck?

Or you're gonna get asked who you voted for.

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