Voting: A "Right" Or A "Responsibility"?

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I had always thought it was a responsibility..............until this year.

What if I don't particularly care for either presidential candidate? Am I obligated to vote for the lesser of two evils out of responsibility?
 
It's a right. You have the option to support a candidate or no candidate.
 
Oh hell no! Im not going to have all these political threads Ive dealt with for the last 6 months mean nothing!!! All of a sudden on the final hour people are saying "Im not gonna vote because I dont 100% agree with either candidate", or "I express my opinion in not voting". Those are bullshit lazy excuses.

Its once, ONCE, every 4 years! Vote!!!
 
Its once, ONCE, every 4 years! Vote!!!


I'm seriously considering writing in Al Bundy.

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ABM, you seem like a nice guy but that is pathetic. You wont vote for a serious canidate but you will take the time to make a farce out of what people in other countries die for all the time. So lame. I cant believe you POR fans would even talk this way. Sad.
 
I'm seriously considering writing in Al Bundy.

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ABM, you seem like a nice guy but that is pathetic.

Joking about Bundy. Definitely not joking about the urge to refrain from voting for either Obama or McCain.
 
I don't see why someone should have to vote if they don't have a preference for one candidate or the other. It serves no purpose to vote if the decision is based on a coin flip.

barfo
 
I don't see why someone should have to vote if they don't have a preference for one candidate or the other. It serves no purpose to vote if the decision is based on a coin flip.

barfo

BS...there is no way anybody is 50/50 on candidates unless they are uninformed schmucks
 
BS...there is no way anybody is 50/50 on candidates unless they are uninformed schmucks

Well, first of all there are lots and lots of uninformed schmucks out there.
But second, there are lots of people who really dislike both Obama and McCain. Some of those will vote for a third party candidate, but some will either not vote or choose between the big two.
I doubt there are a whole lot of people who really love both McCain and Obama, however.

barfo
 
That you think that is smart proves that you arent

OK, so, you're insisting that it's still my responsibility to vote for the lesser of two evils, with the understanding that I'm not ignorant in the matter?
 
I dont need to put that in my sig. Your posts speak for themselves
 
Time for DaRizzle and Xericx to go on a team-building retreat together.
 
Time for DaRizzle and Xericx to go on a team-building retreat together.

They could go to the game tomorrow together, that would be a bonding moment.

barfo
 
Voting is a right and not responsibility, but a right most should exercise. I would move it more towards responsibility if you have a strong political opinion that you share with others.

That said, I think it's a bigger mistake to vote without being reasonably informed than it is to not vote at all. Voting without a stong awareness of the issues you are voting on or as a result of one TV commercial or endorsement is like participating in a popularity contest and most everything on a federal ballot is big enough that it deserves some consideration.
 
As a personal belief, I think a person who's interested in the political direction of their society should select the candidate that aligns most closely to their beliefs, even if there are points of disagreement, and vote for that candidate. It may be "lesser of evils," but it still exerts a bit of influence in your preferred direction.

You shouldn't limit yourself to Republican or Democrat in making that choice, if neither one suits you. If an independent candidate is closest to your beliefs, vote for him or her.

That's my advice. But I don't think everyone has a duty to vote.
 
I think bringing to fruition that the system sucks and to NOT vote can sometimes be more effective.

I think convincing people that a vote for a third party candidate is not the same as "throwing your vote away" would be much more likely to effect systemic change.

Hordes of non-votes are essentially neutral to the establishment. They'll just adapt and narrow their focus to the die-hard partisans who do vote. And those partisans will now be a amsller group of people deciding for the whole nation.
 
Meh...i think so. I'll vote for Alan Keyes.

he's on the ballot in Cali.


The sovereignty of the American people is being destroyed. To address this crisis we must restore our moral sovereignty, beginning with the truth that all persons are endowed by God with certain unalienable rights, starting with the right to life itself. I therefore support ending legal abortion, outlawing human cloning, as well as forbidding all forms of scientific research that require the destruction of human life at any stage after fertilization. We must also restore the integrity of our physical sovereignty, using all appropriate means, including physical barriers, electronic surveillance, and the creation of a U.S. Border Guard to control our national borders. We must strictly enforce our immigration laws to take down the “Y’all Come” sign corporate factions have erected to lure cheap labor across the border and steadily erode the economic equity American workers have achieved through hard fought social and political battles. To restore our Constitutional sovereignty we must impeach and remove from office judges who stubbornly seek to dictate the law rather than apply laws made by our duly elected representatives. If elected I will of course not appoint such judges, but more importantly I will act on the President’s sworn duty conscientiously to follow the Constitution, rather than the contrary opinions of dictatorial judges. To restore our economic sovereignty I will vigorously seek to abolish the Federal income tax and replace it with a Constitutional tax system, funding the Federal government by means that do not require the surrender or violation of fundamental Constitutional rights.
 
I think bringing to fruition that the system sucks and to NOT vote can sometimes be more effective.

Maybe in a smaller scale or different election, but not this one. It just puts more authority in the hands of those that do vote. This doesn't seem like one of the elections where the number of people who didn't vote is a big story.

It would be interesting to see how politics would be if every single person in the country did vote, and they were legitimate, informed votes. I think things would be different.
 

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