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Voting/Electoral Votes....Why Vote If I know my candidate is not going to get the pop vote?

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wazawski
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So I want to vote for Obama but I'm in a state that is a McCain favorite. It's predicted that McCain will win the popular vote without a doubt. So why vote? I mean if the president was elected by the overall popular vote, then I could see why it would be important to vote. But if McCain wins the pop vote as expected, that means that my states electoral votes will go for McCain, and my Obama vote will have no meaning. So why do people even bother voting if they know their candidate is not going to get the states pop vote?


Nov 2 2008 9:35PM
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iluvBread
Posts: 1519 - Karma: 38
we learned about people like you in my gov. class.....................every vote counts, and it's wrong that you have a freedom to vote and you don't even appreciate it..........just vote...it's once every 4 years, so it's not gonna kill you to take 20 minutes outta your day
Nov 2 2008 9:38PM
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mellifluous
Posts: 1682 - Karma: 68
Every vote counts...


it really does.
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but honestly vote for whoever you want, dont be driven by the fact that you should vote for mccain because everyone else in your state is. vote for obama if you want to.
Nov 2 2008 9:39PM
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wazawski
Posts: 756 - Karma: 159
then explain to me how my vote counts? my state has i think 5 electoral votes....mccain wins the pop vote and the electors are supposed to vote in favor of the people, but they actually don't have to if they want to go the other way...so those 5 electoral votes go towards mccains overall electoral votes, and those obama votes don't mean anything.
Nov 2 2008 9:46PM
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Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
I feel like you but far worse, I live in California.
Nov 2 2008 9:48PM
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A-Style**
Posts: 1831 - Karma: 81
cali is a strong obama state...
and okay if mccain wins your state your vote doesnt count. but maybe your vote will put obama in the lead. just maybe...
Nov 2 2008 9:55PM
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skiEER
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because you never know what is gonna happen and it is the right thign to do
Nov 2 2008 9:57PM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
so maybe its the favorite right now. polls can be wrong. maybe your vote will be the vote to push it in obamas favor. just vote.
Nov 2 2008 10:00PM
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Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
there are a few epic moves of legislature that have been won by one vote
you never know what might happen
plus if you have a "i voted" sticker, you get free ice cream from Ben and Jerry's
Nov 2 2008 10:01PM
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jooeser.T
Posts: 33 - Karma: 10
I live in Utah, no matter what McCain is going to win, I'm easily not going to vote although i am politically involved, the electoral college is messed up.
Nov 2 2008 10:03PM
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user098123
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We should just do away with the electoral college. How retarded is it that a presidential candidate can win the popular vote but lose the election? Doesn't make sense.
Nov 2 2008 10:07PM
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jooeser.T
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Agreed yet when i researched it, there are not too many other better ideas that have been suggested, and the govornment is scared that one state with outnumbered votes like california could make the election. they don't want a state from having too much power over the executive branch.
Nov 2 2008 10:13PM
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Bulky
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I agree the electoral college is outdated and should not be used anymore. Where did you see that McCain is goin to win the popular vote because everything ive seen says hes goin to get destroyed in the popular vote.
Nov 2 2008 10:14PM
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jooeser.T
Posts: 33 - Karma: 10
Utah, republican for life, yet colorado republican vote for 43 years is 9 points ahead on obama, correct me if i'm wrong.
Nov 2 2008 10:18PM
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babujib
Posts: 5039 - Karma: 104
i got in a fight with my teacher about this, he thinks we should abolish the electoral college, all you have to see is my link below basically, the people of the U.S. are not educated enough. The founding fathers knew this and set it up because the general public is too stupid

link http://www.bpmdeejays.com/upload/hs_sal_in_Harlem_100108.mp3
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Nov 2 2008 10:18PM
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eastside
Posts: 1744 - Karma: 167
but you are a texas resident, so your vote counts in the south, not cali.
Nov 2 2008 10:18PM
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Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
who said I'm voting for obama haha
Nov 2 2008 10:19PM
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JonH.A.M.
Posts: 256 - Karma: 12
Fuck Obama!!!! Fuck McCain!!! RON PAUL ALL DAY!!!!!
Nov 2 2008 10:20PM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
your not!?!?!?! i could never have guessed
Nov 2 2008 10:20PM
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babujib
Posts: 5039 - Karma: 104
http://www.bpmdeejays.com/upload/hs_sal_in_Harlem_100108.mp3

for the lazies
Nov 2 2008 10:20PM
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jooeser.T
Posts: 33 - Karma: 10
Strait up! Or write in! but for all the one siders OBAMA!!!
Nov 2 2008 10:24PM
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currentwestman
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Nov 2 2008 10:26PM
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