# The power of your vote

**URL:** <https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-power-of-your-vote/5131>\
**Category:** Politics and Social Issues\
**Created:** [July 28, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-power-of-your-vote/5131 "2016-07-28T16:51:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-power-of-your-vote/5131/1 "2016-07-28T16:51:29Z")

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My first vote was for Anderson, 1978. I voted for Da Vid of the Light Party in 2000 because I hated the system and didn’t think it would matter. Then I experienced some of the darkest years of my life as a citizen of the US. I have been voting almost straight Democrat since then. Am I just getting old? Have I given in to the corrupt system? Or did I gain a better of understanding of making a moral choice between the lesser of two evils?  
This is how it looks to me:  
A scene in history, 240 years ago:  
Black Woman: (standing, holding a tea set)  
Tory Man: This Constitution is ridiculous. It doesn’t address universal freedom, it doesn’t mention women. It’s made for property owners by property owners. The system is rigged.  
Jefferson: But we put the part in where you can change it. You get to vote.  
Tory Man: Vote Shmote, I’m moving to Quebec.  
Black Woman: (Blinks, imperceptibly clinches her jaw, takes a long slow silent deep breath)

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**Author:** ![mikeyohe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/mikeyohe/32/28536_2.png) [@mikeyohe](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mikeyohe)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-power-of-your-vote/5131/2 "2016-07-29T16:00:38Z")

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Would the Tory Man find the rules any different in Quebec or the UK for universal freedom or woman’s rights?  
Did the woman holding the tea set have Jefferson’s baby?

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**Author:** ![yosemitesam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7feea3/32.png) [@yosemitesam](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/yosemitesam)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-power-of-your-vote/5131/3 "2016-10-21T16:34:07Z")

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I been thinking on that lately.  
Not that I directly discusses it in this essay.  
But it does touch on the NEED to vote if you are an American rationalist of voting age. 🧀

> Why Vote Third Party? October 11, 2016 **http://citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/10/why-vote-third-party.html**

Wrote it in a rush so it's still needs some work, unfortunately the rest of my day is filled with some else's work. :) Hope to polish it some more in next couple days.

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**Author:** ![markn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@markn](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/markn)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-power-of-your-vote/5131/4 "2016-10-21T16:59:33Z")

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> You must realize a vote for Mr. Trump, or a no-show, or a fantasy third-party is a vote for facade and hostility laced bluster over thoughtful substance and constructive engagement.

Well said, although I don't think you need the word "fantasy" with third-party. :-)