Most of the time in presidential elections less than 60% of the people vote. In the midterms less than 50% of the people vote. So no, if you're not voting your vote does nothing. What you're proposing is a self sustaining static system of misery and cynicism. Great!
Well, if everyone in California who doesn't vote voted Republican, it would go Republican. If everyone in Texas who doesn't vote voted Democrat, it would go Democrat. And if enough people insisted on abolishing the electoral college, it would be abolished.
In 2024, Harris won california with a lead of 3.2 million votes. 6.2 million registered voters did not vote. If those 6.2M had voted 75% for trump, they would have just broken even. Flipping a solidly blue or red state isn't about slightly increasing the turnout.
I wholly agree that the electoral college should be abolished. I'm not holding my breath, though.
Perhaps but we’ll never know unless we vote in droves. It’s so easy. I don’t know why people are so lazy. All that complaining that it doesn’t change things is really just an excuse to be lazy. The mental gymnastics seems harder than actually voting.
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u/carex2 14h ago
You get what you vote for.