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Originally Posted by sunnyside
You vote matters. Just only a little bit. Your individual vote wouldn't have changed the election. Does that mean you would assign someones vote as the "winner" that decided the election? No, your vote is part of the whole.
Go ahead and give yourself 1/80,000,000 th of the credit for a win.
As for the states you mentioned.
The governor. Or rather the "Governator" of California is a Republican. And Texas has been a major factor in the Dems nominating process.
So being the the party and voting can clearly matter. There are also ballot initiatives and a wide number of things.
Granted on specific vote for a president in the general election it is possible a vote doesn't really count due to the nature of states. Though at the least you actually make the other side expend the effort and resources to get that win. But you should be there to vote for other stuff anyway.
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The thing is you don't even get 1/80,000,000 of the credit for the win. Only in a popular election would you get that kind of credit, as it is now you only get credit if your party wins your state, the other votes are meaningless. And even more technically the votes in smaller states (population wise) count at a 1.2:1 ratio, so if their vote does "count then it is worth slightly more than most. And yes during the primaries, depending on what state your in, is the only time your vote would count. I'd rather the parties give me the $54 they spend on "earning" my vote and let me buy a bunch of candy with it, saving them time and making me more happy! The electoral college is outdated and stupid.
"Stop trying to make me feel less important."
It's not that I'm trying to make you feel less important, its that I'm asking everyone to recognize the need for, Oboma's favorite word.