{"id":137422,"date":"2018-11-06T11:31:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T18:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/06\/idiotic-reasons-people-are-giving-for-not-voting.html"},"modified":"2018-11-07T09:29:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:29:15","slug":"idiotic-reasons-people-are-giving-for-not-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/06\/idiotic-reasons-people-are-giving-for-not-voting.html","title":{"rendered":"Idiotic reasons people are giving for not voting"},"content":{"rendered":"

We're doomed.<\/p>\n

1. I was so disappointed in 2016.
2. Grassroots organizing feels good and is so much more impactful than (ugh) voting.
3. The Democrats aren't fighting hard enough against Trump, so what's the point?
4. It's better to be an informed non-voter than an uninformed voter.
5. I need to be absolutely certain before I vote, lest I vote for someone bad.
6. "I hate mailing stuff: it gives me anxiety."
7. My vote will only be symbolic, so who cares?
8. I hate being judged by people who judge me for not voting. That's very judgmental, so I won't vote, just to spite them.
9. Since my vote doesn't matter, I only want to vote for people who are perfectly aligned with my ideals.
10. Getting absentee ballots is haaaaard.<\/i>
11. The Democrats aren't progressive enough for me, so I'll just let the Republicans continue to be in charge.
12. Political parties spend too much time talking to old people, so I'll show them to pay more attention to young people by not voting.
13. I'm not ready to vote this election. Maybe next election.
14. How dare my perfect candidate throw their support behind their bitter rival in the primaries?! Just for that, I won't vote!
15. I felt bad about the candidate I voted for because they weren't perfect and they didn't win, so why bother voting again?
16. The biggest issue is Climate Change, and the Democrats aren't opposing that hard enough, and we're all going to die, so why vote?
17. The candidates opposing Trump just aren't exciting<\/i> enough to motivate me to vote.
18. Voting sucks time and energy away from "actually building power" with the people around you.
19. If your candidate loses, it feels awful and causes despair for years! Why risk that?
20. Voting is support of system I don't like, so by not voting I am signalling I want the system to change, because that's how it will happen.
21. Voting is too easy. Stickers are trivialities. Who can respect a system like that?
22. Registering to vote is haaaaaard.<\/i>
23. I didn't have any stamps.
24. Mean people used to tell me how to vote, so now that I am out from under them, I don't vote at all. That'll show them!
25. Voting takes so much tiiiiiiime!<\/i> And I'd have to forward my work calls to my cell phone, too!
26. Everyone told me how to register, but not how to vote. What's up with that?
27. Candidates don't use social media and bullet points enough. How can I ever possibly figure out who to vote for?<\/p>\n

Sorry, User of Excuse Number 8: I am<\/i> judgmental.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We're doomed. 1. I was so disappointed in 2016.2. Grassroots organizing feels good and is so much more impactful than (ugh) voting.3. The Democrats aren't fighting hard enough against Trump, so what's the point?4. It's better to be an informed non-voter than an uninformed voter.5. 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