My country is a monarchy.
Not me
Me, never in fact. Parliament votes for the president, who is just a figurehead anyway. So far I’ve never been elected to parliament.
I did vote on all the elections I was actually eligible for, however.
I’ve never voted in a presidential election.
(My country uses the parliamentary system.)
a better question would be, does your vote even have weight ? lol…
Technically, most people?
Dead peopl- scratch that 😅
The last one I missed was when bush Sr ran for his first term.
Me also.
It’s been nearly four of them for me.
Complete opposite actually
I used to, when I was young and stupid. Now I never miss.
Who else has voted every year for the last ~8 years? 🙋🏼♀️ Local, state, national… It’s just a habit for me now - big or small, I’m making my voice heard!
I have voted twice a year, ever year, for the entire time I’ve been old enough. That said, I really can’t remember the last time I actually expected any meaningful change from it… Electoralism is a bandaid at best, and a distraction at worst. At least in the U.S., maybe it’s different elsewhere.
, I really can’t remember the last time I actually expected any meaningful change from it
I can personally guarantee there will be meaningful change if Trump wins the election
there will be meaningful change if Trump wins the election
True.
I can also guarantee that voting won’t be enough to prevent that. Hillary won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes in 2016, and still lost the election. When the DNC is determined to lose an election through strategic incompetence, they’ll do it regardless of what we do at the ballot box.
Voting isn’t entirely pointless, and we should do it if we are able, but it isn’t the silver bullet that liberals always pretend it is when they’re haranguing leftists online.
We need both.
Voting is the ground troops. It can take and hold through steady progress, and without it, any gains will be 100% illusory in the long run.
Direct action is the air support. It can overcome obstacles which no amount of ground troops will do anything to win over; without it, the troops will just die pointlessly no matter their numbers.
But Trump lost in 2020. And he could lose again. Thanks to voting…
Me. I’m European.
Same. Haven’t voted in a presidential election in my entire life. I’ve voted in every parliament election since 2001, though.
