Try again, this time with meaning

By David M. Hudson

Staff Writer

 

            All one has to do is sit in a coffee shop, or other place that the politically active population gathers, to hear the talk about the politicians.

            “I’m voting for Hillary, I think she’s going to win.”

            “I hear McCain is starting to pull away—I think I’ll vote for him.”

            Frankly, I’m sick of this. This is the kind of shit that is destroying the country. Nobody votes how they feel any more… it’s all about “making your vote count,” which certainly does not entitle voting for a third party member in the age of bipartisan politics that we live in as Americans.

            Screw that—who cares if your candidate wins or not, at least you can say that you voted for who you liked, not the “sort-of-had-the-same-beliefs as you” major candidate. At least, if the winner doesn’t turn out to be as stellar as people thought, you can say that you voted for someone you thought would maybe make a difference and improve things out there in the political arena.

            Branch out. If a Green party, Libertarian, or other minor party candidate has the same or at least nearly the same political viewpoints as you, take the initiative and vote for them! Voting for a person that you think will win because of that very fact is essentially turning the political process into a popularity contest.

            The current mentality behind voting cannot possibly be what our forefathers intended with the democratic voting system. Maybe we shouldn’t broadcast who the winners of primaries and caucuses are and should stop doing public opinion polls of the forecasted winner. Maybe then people will stop acting like a bunch of children that are too afraid to go against the grain.

            Do a favor to the people that you should be supporting—the people that depend on your support, and ignore public opinion polls, exit polls, and preliminary results and vote for the people that you like and identify with.