Have this damnable thought ever slipped through your mind that...

Alex_Sanders

your vote... might not count?

Andre

What!!! No count??

Jimmy Snyder

Do you mean vote doesn't count, or vote doesn't matter? Unless there is a glitch in the equipment, I expect the vote will count.

jim hardy

Surely you dont think there's any skullduggery afoot in today's political climate !

Jimmy Snyder

Such as?

alt

Todays ? Psephologists who studied Athenian democracy discovered that the psephos (little pebble) was rorted on occasions, being quickly rub dyed during counting. Why would it be different now ?

Hobin

For starters, because we don't use pebbles.

TylerH

That doesn't mean your vote can't be changed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hursti_Hack

lisab

Speaking of pebbles, I wonder how she's doing.

dlgoff

Ivan Seeking

Your vote counts as much as anyone else's. But voting was never enough. That's why we send money as well. However, since the SC decision legalizing super pacs, I have to wonder about the practical value of making donations now.

Andre

The other Pebbles is fine too.

256bits

Make your vote count.
Vote early. Aannd vote often.
( How original is that !)

SHISHKABOB

maybe voting in the presidential election feels a bit unsatisfactory when it comes to your impact on the outcome, but remember that there are elections on the state level and local level too! The guys who run for county commissioner, etc. can have a much bigger effect on your life, and you can have a much bigger effect on their elections. Relative to the presidential elections.

Hobin

Perhaps I'm just a ridiculous idealist, but I'm much more concerned with what happens on a global level than what happens locally - at least politically speaking. Locally, I'm pretty sure I'll manage, so I might not even bother voting. Globally, there are a lot of thing I think could be improved, and that's why I vote.

(Fair disclaimer: I live in the Netherlands. I don't really know much about voting on state-level, though I would probably see this as more 'global' than 'local'.)

eggshell

in smaller states the vote of the individual counts for more because you must consider that your vote plays a much greater role in determining whether or not your candidate gets the electoral vote from your state; though electoral votes and population are proportional, in the matter of determining whether or not your candidate wins your particular state, your vote matters more in a smaller population.

Gokul43201

But that matter is not one that matters, is it (once you've multiplied by electoral votes from the state)?