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I totally understand not being happy with either O or R but the reality is one of them is going to be the next president. No one else will come close. Kinda like cheering for a third team in a football game. There are still only two teams playing.
I totally understand not being happy with either O or R but the reality is one of them is going to be the next president. No one else will come close. Kinda like cheering for a third team in a football game. There are still only two teams playing.
True, but the longer people simply resort to 'voting for someone they dislike remotely less than the other guy in the two party race' the longer we will suffer with only two candidates. We enable this terrible two-party system by giving in and voting for people that aren't worth it.
It may never happen, but at least I'll know I won't look back and regret all my votes for a marginally-not-as-terrible candidate. After voting R in my first election, the last two I voted non R or D and will do the same this election. Being able to vote is a powerful thing and one of the most important things we do.
Do not settle by wasting that once-every-four-year (in regard to presidential elections) power/right on a candidate not worth your vote. If a Republican or Democrat is ever worth my vote, I will certainly give it to them. It isn't about hating or liking a certain party, but individual candidates.
Last edited by Sunbather; 10-18-2012 at 09:53 AM..
I totally understand not being happy with either O or R but the reality is one of them is going to be the next president. No one else will come close. Kinda like cheering for a third team in a football game. There are still only two teams playing.
I will always vote for who I think will do what needs to be done - voting my conscience, so to speak! If we don't vote for who we truly believe has the right ideas, there's no point to this whole process.
I will always vote for who I think will do what needs to be done - voting my conscience, so to speak! If we don't vote for who we truly believe has the right ideas, there's no point to this whole process.
I will always vote for who I think will do what needs to be done - voting my conscience, so to speak! If we don't vote for who we truly believe has the right ideas, there's no point to this whole process.
Yes, I've heard enough of this "My vote doesn't matter" or "A 3rd candidate can't win." Vote for you who you want to; isn't this one of the best rights we have as Americans?
I will always vote for who I think will do what needs to be done - voting my conscience, so to speak! If we don't vote for who we truly believe has the right ideas, there's no point to this whole process.
I completely agree! If everyone voted that way, we would have far more choices on the ballot.
Nothing scientific, just musing that if McCain got 61% of the Greenville County vote in 2008, and Romney is expected to do better nationally this year than McCain did, it stands to reason that Rom would likely get a higher percentage of the vote this time around. Maybe not 70%...but 65% wouldn't surprise me.
As for the Greenville metro being one of the more Democratic areas of the state, gotta disagree there. Maybe in pockets of the city of Greenville, but that's about it. Greenville County (and the entire upstate) are more Conservative/Republican than the state as a whole, even. Columbia and Charleston metro areas have a bit more blue to them.
Nothing scientific, just musing that if McCain got 61% of the Greenville County vote in 2008, and Romney is expected to do better nationally this year than McCain did, it stands to reason that Rom would likely get a higher percentage of the vote this time around. Maybe not 70%...but 65% wouldn't surprise me.
As for the Greenville metro being one of the more Democratic areas of the state, gotta disagree there. Maybe in pockets of the city of Greenville, but that's about it. Greenville County (and the entire upstate) are more Conservative/Republican than the state as a whole, even. Columbia and Charleston metro areas have a bit more blue to them.
Definitely agree. Greenville is the reddest of the main three metros.
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Yes, I've heard enough of this "My vote doesn't matter" or "A 3rd candidate can't win." Vote for you who you want to; isn't this one of the best rights we have as Americans?
