A serious question, leave your rhetoric at the door, please.

[kickaha]

Did you get to vote for whom you wanted today?

Not 'did you get to vote' or 'did you get to put the mark on the ballot where you decided to and no one tossed it in the trash'...

Did YOU get to vote for WHOM YOU WANTED?

Not 'for whom you wanted from the two choices handed to you'.



Or did you, like I, come home feeling like you needed to take a shower because your vote really *didn't* count, since your opinion wasn't allowed to be voiced when it matters? (The primaries are only an artificial construct of our two-party system, and serve only to limit voter choice.)

Did you get to vote for WHOM YOU WANTED... or did you have to settle for lesser of two evils?

I don't care who you actually voted for, that's your business and no one else's. A simple yes or no will suffice.

Comments

[ymasen.livejournal.com]

yes :)

[flinx.livejournal.com]

At a national and state level? Hell, no. I went with those least undesirable who actually had chances of winning. Because that means that the most undesirable don't win.

At a local level (county and city), yes. Hoping that as the parties get more recognition at a local level, they'll be able to increase their visibility and memorability.

On the other hand, I voted. So I get to bitch about the results, no matter what happens.

I admit to playing the two-party game, although I wholly agree with your arguments for ranked voting, and a few other points you've brought up.

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

No.

[dollraves.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, hon. Did I vote? Yes. Did I get to vote for a candidate I even vaguely don't dislike? Nope. Sure didn't.

So. When are we emigrating to a land with a real voting system?

-C

[madpiratebippy.livejournal.com]

Yes.

And like I said in Mike's journal, if I could pick ANYONE for Prez, it would probably be Milton Freedman. But, he is kinda old. So, Neil Bortz/Milton Freedman. Because, on top of being a sharp guy, Bortz is funny and will keep the PC people scandalized, and he's rabidly pro fairtax.

MUST GO TO CLASS!

[lirrin.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't. There was no one I *wanted* to vote for.

I was lamenting this point to my husband today. I voted *against* a candidate, not *for* a candidate. And that held true in several of the State elections as well as the national one. Sigh.

[errhead.livejournal.com]

not even close
i voted against 2 candidates, and the rest just picked libertarians who had no chance of winning in general protest against the duopoly

at least some of the initiatives left me with a good feeling after voting