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Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
You may be right in thinking that there's no reason to vote because the outcome has already been decided. If that's the case, then my vote doesn't count and I will have wasted my time and energy going to the polls. No biggie.
But you might be wrong, too. And if you are, you give up your voice by not voting, and instead, hand it over to someone else to make that decision for you.
I look at it this way. If you're right and I vote, I lose nothing. If you're wrong and I vote, I have added my voice.
If you're right, no matter how many people don't vote in protest of whatever nefarious scheme they think is happening, it's not going to make that much difference and no one will care. So, voter turnout is down 1% or 2%. It's not going to matter to TPTB. They don't care if you don't vote. That makes it all that much easier to manipulate the voting.
I totally disagree with not voting.
But you might be wrong, too. And if you are, you give up your voice by not voting, and instead, hand it over to someone else to make that decision for you.