Mastodawn

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽May 27, 2023

If you ever think your vote doesn’t matter, take a look at what happened in MN. 321 votes was the difference between nothing moving forward and a progressive triumph this session.

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Devin Canterberry May 27, 2023

@georgetakei Can you really call it a success when half of all votes cast are effectively the same outcome as not voting at all? All of those people now have a candidate representing them that they did not vote for and may not even approve of.

Yes, voting matters, but in the current system, when you lose it doesn't feel empowering -- it feels disenfranchising, like the system didn't work. It's no surprise, then, that so many people either don't vote at all, or actively criticize elections.

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Grassroots Joe

@canterberry @georgetakei
This is some really shoddy logic.
Here's the bottom, bottom line, of you don't vote you give your political power to those who do.
Whether or not that power will result in policy changes is tied up in a myriad of factors, the majority out of your control. None of those factors changes the fundamental fact that your vote is your political voice. Use it or lose it.

It's our job as activists to persuade every eligible voter to shout.