On Jul 24, 10:50 am, Banty <Banty_mem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article
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> Caledonia says...
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> >On Jul 23, 12:03 am, mom0f4boys <momsh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> I live in Massachusetts, so my vote doesn't matter. I always vote
> >> anyway, on principle, but really - my vote doesn't count.
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> >I also live in MA, and at the national level my vote is somewhat of a
> >wash. For the election this September 16th, though (for state rep/
> >senator) it will have a pretty large impact. Different candidates have
> >varying stands on 40B, casinos, school aid and Chapter 70, reducing
> >Prop 2.5, etc.
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> >And at the local level -- as seemingly most overrrides fail or pass on
> >relatively narrow margins -- the impact of one vote is huge.
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> >So yep, I agree that for a national election, our votes are typically
> >subsumed. But for the other two 'layers' of government, our votes are
> >pretty darn critical.
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> Referring to the electoral college and how our states (I'm in New York
state)
> are pretty much so 'blue' that your vote in a presidential election,
whatever it
> is, wouldn't make a difference?
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> Yeah, I'd agree as far as who gets into the White House, but seldom is
that the
> only issue on the ballot. Also, if you consider the Democrat-Republican
thing
> sewn up, you can vote for third parties to register your interst in
their
> viewpoint, even if you wouldn't actually favor the person or particular
platfom
> to actually be in office. If a small party (Nader, Libertarian,
whatever) gets
> a 6% vote, say, rather than a 1 or 2% vote, people start taking notice
of their
> ideas and they get more media coverage. That's one way to have some
voice.
>
> Banty
(Disclaimer: I'm pretty happy living in a blue state. The blue laws
here, though, are a whole 'nother issue...:)
The thing that perplexes me is that the national elections typically
have a larger-than-average turnout when compared to local-only or
state-only elections, and there's always so much more interest behind
'who one is voting for for president.' I'm likely bitterly reacting to
overhearing too many people lately discuss their interest in the
presidential campaign, while freely admitting that it's the only
office for which they cast a vote.
Caledonia
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