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Post by anxiousmom on Nov 10, 2016 0:27:29 GMT
A significant portion of our population didn't vote yesterday. I suspect the reasons for not doing so are widely varied, and if you didn't vote, you don't have to share why not if you don't want to.
I'm just curious to see if the percentages here are similar to the country at large.
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flute4peace
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Post by flute4peace on Nov 10, 2016 0:29:04 GMT
I voted
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Post by cadoodlebug on Nov 10, 2016 0:33:38 GMT
Haven't missed an election since I started voting when I turned 21 in 1969. Then 2 years later they let teenagers vote.  |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Nov 10, 2016 0:35:53 GMT
A significant portion of our population didn't vote yesterday. I suspect the reasons for not doing so are widely varied, and if you didn't vote, you don't have to share why not if you don't want to. I'm just curious to see if the percentages here are similar to the country at large. Have you seen the numbers? I couldn't find them. |
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Post by Outspoken on Nov 10, 2016 0:38:32 GMT
I have friends (married couple) who claim that neither of them have ever voted! EVER! I find this so strange. They are in their 50s and retired about 4 years ago. They own multiple homes and live comfortably. So weird!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Nov 10, 2016 0:41:35 GMT
I have friends (married couple) who claim that neither of them have ever voted! EVER! I find this so strange. They are in their 50s and retired about 4 years ago. They own multiple homes and live comfortably. So weird! That is so foreign to me but I'm guessing there are a lot of people like that. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Nov 10, 2016 0:43:12 GMT
A significant portion of our population didn't vote yesterday. I suspect the reasons for not doing so are widely varied, and if you didn't vote, you don't have to share why not if you don't want to. I'm just curious to see if the percentages here are similar to the country at large. Have you seen the numbers? I couldn't find them. I haven't seen specific numbers but extrapolated from the totals of the reported popular votes which were just under 60 million each. And there are...what, 300 million plus people in the US? Take away roughly a third that are ineligible to vote due to age, citizenship status and those who have had their rights revoked and then fudge the numbers because you totally suck at numbers and accurate statistics and you still have 80 plus million who didn't vote. So it made me curious. 😂 |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Nov 10, 2016 1:23:09 GMT
Have you seen the numbers? I couldn't find them. I haven't seen specific numbers but extrapolated from the totals of the reported popular votes which were just under 60 million each. And there are...what, 300 million plus people in the US? Take away roughly a third that are ineligible to vote due to age, citizenship status and those who have had their rights revoked and then fudge the numbers because you totally suck at numbers and accurate statistics and you still have 80 plus million who didn't vote. So it made me curious. 😂 Shocking! |
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Post by scrapmaven on Nov 10, 2016 1:24:31 GMT
Of course I voted. I live in a country that allows me to vote and also to speak freely about my leader. I love that!
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leeny
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Post by leeny on Nov 10, 2016 1:41:37 GMT
I voted. Dh didn't register to vote until we got married. Voting never came up in conversations while growing up.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2016 2:01:07 GMT
I'm really old and this is the first time I haven't voted in a presidential election.
I was totally disgusted by both and my state always goes republican and my congressman was unopposed.
So I saved myself the trouble with no consequences.
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Post by melanell on Nov 10, 2016 3:11:22 GMT
I voted, but I did know several people who chose not to. Some had very strong opinions on the election, yet still chose not to vote.
It's certainly their right not to. I truly believe that. Voting is a right. It's a privilege. But it's not a requirement. But I sincerely wish that they would have voted. Even if they would have chosen someone different than I did. I think we cannot expect change in our election progress or in our politicians in general if we just keep having the same people doing all of the voting.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Nov 10, 2016 3:16:17 GMT
Yes I did as did dh and my ds.
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J u l e e
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Post by J u l e e on Nov 10, 2016 3:22:17 GMT
I actually considered not voting, but I just couldn't do it. I knew I would feel awful if I didn't. Plus, my daughter has been to every presidential election with me since she was born and this was the last time I would be able to have her with me since she gets to vote in the next one.
I have a friend who never votes. She's "just not interested in that stuff!"
I grew up in a house with a mother who didn't vote because she would cancel out my father's vote. I have no words for this even now. I remember thinking what a strange thing that was to say. As if she wasn't a person with her own mind, will, and vote.
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Post by kluski on Nov 10, 2016 3:34:50 GMT
Dh /50 and me/40 something voted for our first time. I was skeered!
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Post by finaledition on Nov 10, 2016 4:31:15 GMT
I voted, but did not vote for a President. I put a lot of thought into it. I hope I never have to make that choice again.
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anaterra
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Post by anaterra on Nov 10, 2016 6:06:37 GMT
I did not vote... im in texas... i honestly feel my presidential vote doesn't matter.. locally there was nothing major... in my opinion...
So i skipped it
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eastcoastpea
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Post by eastcoastpea on Nov 10, 2016 11:36:13 GMT
I voted.
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Post by bigbundt on Nov 10, 2016 14:04:28 GMT
I voted, my DH did not.
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