+324 You plan to actually vote when you're of legal age, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In Australia you get fined if you don't vote when you're of legal age.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I missed the last presidential election by 4 months... so I'm pretty stoked for this one!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I am of legal age and I haven't voted once. Good thing I don't live in Australia.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ron Paul 2012.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(Stay Free my friends): if Ron Paul doesn't win then this country is almost certainly doomed.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

He's not popular enough to win.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

He's doing pretty well in the polls. The media tries to cover him up like he isn't a legitimate candidate, but he's got plenty of popularity on the internet. Cause he actually has an economic plan, one that isn't retarded (coughHermanCaincough) and he's anti-war and pro-legalization. I'm definitely voting for him.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

don't listen to everything the mainstream media tells you, he is getting more and more popular everyday. if you paid attention to his campaign you can really see that. and if he does get the Republican nomination the only way he can lose the presidency is if their are so many blind Obamatards voting that they take it, or if the media still continues it's Ron Paul blackout.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Absolutely not. Voting is a form of gambling.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I actually think not voting is more of a form of gambling. If you don't vote, youre leaving the fate of the country completely up to chance in the hands of idiots you don't know. If you vote, at least you have an influence.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Um, but you also don't want to gamble and let idiots who think voting is gambling vote. So it would be better for everyone if such people did not vote.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

One vote is hardly an influence.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But if everybody thinks like that it makes a HUGE difference. People ages 18-25 are voting in record low numbers for several reasons, including thinking their votes don't matter.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because your vote doesn't matter.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh yeah, apathy FTW!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You really think the election is going to come down to one vote and you're going to be the one to make a difference?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Then how do you figure your vote is important? Things will be the same whether you vote or not.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Voting inspires others to vote.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What kinds of delusions of grandeur are you having? How many people do you really think idolize you?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

When did I say that people idolize me? Say, hypothetically, I am of voting age and decide to vote. A few of my close friends might go with me, or think "he voted, so why shouldn't I?" Then their friends do the same. It's all about conformity and peer pressure.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You must have pretty stupid friends then.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

How so? If they think that none of their friends are voting, they themselves are less likely to.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If they can't decide on whether or not they want to vote because they don't know whether their friends are voting, then their votes aren't worth anything in the first place.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

How are their votes not worth anything? You're not making any sense.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Nothing ever came down to one vote.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not on a national level, no. But you're missing my point. Voting creates a chain reaction that encourages other to vote.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Do you really think people around you are inspired to vote because you do?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not inspired exactly, but encouraged. Especially if you verbally tell them that they should vote. Like I stated before, peer pressure is important. Many people when they first become old enough to vote are easily influenced by their friends. If all their friends are doing it, then they probably will, too.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Its a combined effect and the results do show. If there's a couple thousand or even a million people or something that think that their votes dont matter, then maybe each of their individual's didn't but it certainly had an impact. Don't be one of those people. An obvious example is that seniors always vote in surprisingly high numbers while youth who think their votes don't matter vote in very low numbers. As a result, our government is spending TRILLIONS on Medicare, Medicaid, social security, etc. which our generation gets to pay for once they're gone. You may think a single vote does not matter, but it's truly a ripple effect which has astonishing effects.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

A single vote doesn't matter.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I missed being able to vote in the election last year by one day. At least I'll get to vote for the next president. Ron Paul FTW

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm doing the same thing. I might even register as a Republican so I can vote for Paul in the primary. Don't worry though, if Paul doesn't win the primary I'll most likely vote for Obama in the real election.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh no! Don't vote for Obama under any circumstances. As much as I can't stand some of the other candidates, any one of them is a better option than what we have now.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Obama seems like quite the opposite to Ron Paul in my opinion... Why would you vote for Obama and not Ron paul (he'll probably run independently)?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because I like Ron Paul and anyone who is running against Bachman. I'm still not really sure about the other Republicans though. I'll know a lot more when they start campaigning seriously in 2012. I don't really like either major party so figuring out who to vote for is always a problem.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Theres tons of independent people! The point of voting is to vote for who you think is best, not who has a good chance of winning...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'll miss next election by 2 months.

by Anonymous 12 years ago