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This year I did not vote at all, Im displeased with with both candidates. When I was walking around the streets you can hear my neighborhood African American population saying if anyone vote, did you vote, another guy said he had not voted since Obama was first elected. I wonder if these guys only voted for Obama not for reasons but only for his color skin color.
Kefir King, sorry that you felt that way about the choices, but it would still seem to me that the parties have very different agendas, and at the very least, that's what one supports.
After being a lifelong Democrat I just got sick of voting for a bad Democrat because he was less bad than the Republican. The system is rigged for two parties and big money has rigged the two parties to be the same: the right wing arrem of the Capitalist party, and the neo-Nazi wing of the Capitalist party.
When I am presented with some real choice, I may consider going back to the polls. But for now I believe that the lesser of two evils is still evil and not worth my time, money, or support. And I am too old to believe empty platitudes that are trotted out every 4 years and just as quickly discarded the second week in November in leap years.
The current choices made Richard Nixon and Dwight Eisenhower look like Socialists by comparison, the nation has moved that far to the right.
One of the workers yelled at me for accidentally voting on someone's ballot (first time voter, didn't know) and exposed my answers. It was a nasty experience.
On the other hand, the other workers were kind about directing me where to go, etc.
I think Kefir is 100% on the mark concerning our elections.
I will vote and usually for a third party, like the Greens.
I just want to send the message that we are being let down by the two sections of the current party and that we are willing to vote against both of them.
I like the Greens, too.
I remember a time in which most people were saying the Reps and Dems were too much alike. Then the Republicans got taken over by the Tea Party types which in contrast made the right of the Democratic Party look appealing, which seemed to move both parties into the pro business arena.
I guess if the problem is jobs and we are competing internationally we are stuck with this situation. I don't know. . .
It IS depressing.
I think so many people were let down by Obama's promises four years back and what happened to them.
Maybe if I were in a state that was on the fence post I would vote Democrat - while holding my nose.
On paper there may be, but in FACT, there are NOT. (Check the makeup of the House of Representatives and read off all the "third party" members...see if you can find ONE out of 435. Check back as many elections as you care to...go back to World War 2, or even World War 1 and then tell us the names of all those "third party" representatives.)
Voting in NYC has always been somewhat disorganized. It was my first time voting at this particular location in the Bronx (I moved this past summer) and I gotta say it was pretty fast. Whole thing took about 20-25 minutes.
I think a lot of the confusion revolves around the scanning process. I call it "the scantron" because it reminds of scantrons in NYC public schools. It's actually a pretty smooth process once you get the hang of it and as we've seen it leads to faster results.
I think that France has it right. Six weeks of campaigning and a cap on how much can be spent. After six weeks, people vote, end of story.
It gives all candidates an equal opportunity and voice.
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