Voting

[Palamon]

Do you vote in your country's elections?

To those in America are you afraid this is our final Election?

 

[RMVNZ]

I live in CA and dropped off my Yes on 50.
As an American, the folks in charge are brazenly breaking things in a way that suggests they don't plan on leaving.

 

[Nah]

To those in America are you afraid this is our final Election?

It doesn't really scare me. Maybe if future elections become so obviously rigged or just not a thing anymore, people will finally start pursuing actual avenues of change. The electoral process didn't stop the Nazis from obtaining and holding on to power, and it's certainly not going to stop the country that was a big inspiration for them either.

 

[nl4real]

Yes, though I do not consider it the primary method of affecting change.

To those in America are you afraid this is our final Election?

Trump is old and in terrible health, so it all depends on whether an aspiring dictator can take advantage of the damage he's done to liberal democracy after he's gone.

 

[PoryKid575]

I haven't been eligible long enough to actually have the chance to vote on anything, but I definitely consider voting extremely important. If more people had shown up to vote against Trump, we wouldn't be in our current disaster.

 

[Athena]

I do voting, it's irresponsible not to.

 

[gimmepie]

I'm in Australia where voting is mandatory. Even if it wasn't though, I'd still do it. It's way too important not to.

 

[Harmonie]

I always vote. Even when I lived in a red state and my vote never counted. I now live in a swing town in a blue state. I was happy to help bring us a Democratic mayor and Board of Education this last election!

Am I worried about future elections? Yes, very much so. The 2025 election going mostly smoothly gives some hope, but I know that this wasn't an election regarding the federal government and they're probably putting all of their efforts into suppressing the 2026 and 2028 elections which are very consequential for the federal government. They don't have to worry about local elections when Project 2025 plans to oust dissenting leaders anyway...

 

[Auticorn]

I have trouble voting on my own because of various disabilities... I also don't like to pay too much attention to politics because of my frazzled af anxiety. x.x

Luckily, my dad technically votes for the entire household.

 

[.hack]

Vote for pedro

 

[_confused_piplup_]

I do vote yeah. I try to learn who to vote before the elections, but I think I should try to follow politics more actively. However, I am also not that interested in it, which is kinda bad anyway.

 

[Deleted member 1448442]

Last election i didn't, next year's election i will because this National government are f-ing all about the rich and don't give a shit about the commoner. The health and education systems are collapsing and nurses and teachers are protesting/striking almost on a weekly basis. They don't care, they don't. So next year, next election i will vote. Or walk out of the polling place with my ballot paper.
Pika out :3

 

[Megan]

It's an easy enough thing to do in my country. So, I usually go and vote.

 

[Devalue]

Yes. Voted more frequently since the pandemic. Enrolled as an absentee voter. Makes voting much more convenient, particularly for the smaller elections.

 

[miso the waitress]

my parents never paid for my australian citizenship and by the time i turned 18 and had started to work the cost of citizenship seemed like it was too high for the "perks" (australian passport and university student fee loans) but now i regret that cause id love to vote

 

[SummerBreeze]

You're required to vote in Aus, so yeah I vote. Not that my vote does anything cuz we're still stuck with either labor or liberals and both parties are atrocious. All they care about is making more money for themselves, screwing over the average person, and turning Australia into even more of a nanny state than it is now. Though I'll still keep voting for independent parties, hopefully someday we'll knock labor/libs down a peg or two.

 

[Deleted member 1448442]

You're required to vote in Aus, so yeah I vote. Not that my vote does anything cuz we're still stuck with either labor or liberals and both parties are atrocious. All they care about is making more money for themselves, screwing over the average person, and turning Australia into even more of a nanny state than it is now. Though I'll still keep voting for independent parties, hopefully someday we'll knock labor/libs down a peg or two.

Yes!! Money, all about money. They do the same here in nz, national is not paying teachers and nurses what they are worth and are taking off to Aussie for better conditions and pay.

 

[Hands]

Tricky one for me, I used to be really hot on pushing people to use their vote (since people have literally died to give them it) but the last five or so years of British politics has given me a new understanding and empathy for those who refuse to vote. I cannot say with any conviction that I will vote at all in the next election.