Do You Believe Your Vote Counts?

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:14 pm

politically speaking of course

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:22 pm

I do when my guy wins.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:07 am

I voted for the guy who is my local representitive in State Parliment, John Hill. However, I didn't vote for John Howard. The score stands at 1 all.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:55 am

I've only voted for councillors so far and my system was men first women second.

Egg · Post by **Egg** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:45 am

My vote counts as exactly one. And that matters in the outcome of the election on the sole basis that the votes come down to one ballot and it happens to be mine. So the odds are drastically against any single vote ever "counting" in the sense that it actually determines who wins an election. However, I sit back and relax. Does anything I do count? Depends on the perspective. I like doing stuff, so I take the perspective that everything counts in its own way. So voting is like expressing yourself and exerting a democratic right. It's a good excuse to miss a little work. It's something that challenges your thinking skills.

If you feel like it, do it. Who cares if it decides an election?

edit: I just realize that the Australians are the ones who have been chipping in.. Does it even matter to you if your vote counts since you get mega-fined if you don't vote?

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:40 am

My vote does not count in Australian or French elections.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:33 am

If you vote Liberal in Alberta, it doesn't count. I'm voting Conservative when I can though, so it doesn't matter for me.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:21 am

i voted "no" -- which is currently only behind "yes" by two votes. if "no" ends up winning by one vote, then i guess my vote DID count. then i'd have to change my vote to "yes", which would make it a tie, in which case my vote would NOT count, so i'd change it back to "no".

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:08 am

i just hate there isn't an edit feature... where i could thereby take votes away... to force the outcome... and make it more true to life...
happiness is in the thought of it anyhow, right?

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:30 am

i voted no. i live in one of the most republican regions of the country, therefore voting is just pissing to put out a forest fire.

nonetheless, i vote.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:43 pm

Denyer wrote:I've only voted for councillors so far and my system was men first women second.

That's just sexist.

I always vote for the hottest chick.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:50 pm

Puce wrote:My vote does not count in Australian or French elections.

errr... actually it does. I run a profitable sideline in selling internet identities to the Australian Labor Party for pre-selection branch-stacking purposes.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:16 pm

Poor June wrote:HEY GUYS THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR VOTES

Poor June wrote:DONT YOU AGREE

Poor June wrote:THATS IT IM CHANGING YOUR VOTES

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:23 am

Denyer wrote:
Poor June wrote:HEY GUYS THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR VOTES

Poor June wrote:DONT YOU AGREE

Poor June wrote:THATS IT IM CHANGING YOUR VOTES

i was being sarcastic

sorry if this upsets the american value system... if a poor fucker can steal an old ladies pocket book... how much lower is the view of those that wanna steal more then just that?

sorry if i don't agree... but i'm not gonna mock anyone... face value is a rather cheap judgemental state...
i didn't realize you were that defensive... my bad...