What would happen if Americans decided not to vote?
@CRK109 (14558)
United States
May 2, 2016 4:58pm CST
This round of campaigning has been nothing short of a joke. Most of the people running for office have been acting more like children having temper tantrums than adults wanting to run a country and be responsible for millions of lives.
What would everyone do if we all decided to boycott the elections and just not vote? Would they understand that we're not happy with the choices we have? Would we get a do-over?
Oh, I know it would never happen. Each candidate has more than enough supporters so they would go and vote, even if some of us are just plain confused. I've never been in this situation before and I hear many of my friends saying the same things.
It's just something to ponder.
-Claudia-
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
2 May 16
@JolietJake I'm really waiting to see who else will be on the ballot besides the Democrat and Republican. So far I'm not hearing much besides these two parties. Are you hearing anything good out there?
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
2 May 16
@JolietJake Yes, you can always write in vote or pick a candidate that managed to get themselves on the ballot. Of course realistically voting for anyone other than the forced upon us Rep or Dem is a waste.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
2 May 16
It would be awesome if we could pull off a complete boycott! But, as you said, it would never happen. Instead, we all need to vote to keep those who support the most childish ones from winning and running our country for the next four years.
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
2 May 16
I know. But it seems to be getting harder and harder. After this round, I just hope that those who hope to follow won't be as childish in their antics. After all, the rest of the world is watching. I really don't want to become the joke country of the world.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
3 May 16
@CRK109 I hate to say this, but I think we already are the joke country of the world. People from other places watch our political process for the entertainment value. It's enough to make one want to cry.
After this round, if there is a recognizable USA, maybe people will have learned something.
@kevin1877uk (36988)
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2 May 16
I don't vote, they are only there for themselves at the end of the day.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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2 May 16
@JohnRoberts I'm myself lol. never supported any they are a waste of time all they think of see I'm alright jack. they may say I'll do this and do that but they never do.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
2 May 16
So you are neither Labour or Tory?
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@rebelann (111177)
• El Paso, Texas
5 May 16
If people don't vote then the government takes over and appoints whomever they want, not really a good idea if you ask me. But what if we found someone honest who had OUR best interest at heart and simply wrote him or her in, then they would have to listen ..... only one problem with that, when was the last time all Americans could agree on something?
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@rebelann (111177)
• El Paso, Texas
6 May 16
People can be different and from various backgrounds but I still think if we approach this thing properly we could try harder to find common ground to agree on @CRK109 the problem is that most Americans want all others to simply agree with them which poses the problems.
@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
4 May 16
It was a really good system once upon a time. I have no idea what happened to make it so seemingly useless
@topffer (42156)
• France
2 May 16
Each candidate would vote and would have at least one vote : his own. I do not know what would happen in case of equality of votes in your country, i.e. if each candidate had received only one vote. In mine the older would be declared elected...
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@jstory07 (134460)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 May 16
I wonder if the one who had the most votes before would be the winner.
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
3 May 16
sadly it'd not matter if us lil folks didn't vote'n boycotted the whole cartoon...a trashy one't that :( i dunno whate'er happened to honor 'n truth? 'n the bullyin'...mercy.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
2 May 16
It would be interesting if only say 10 to 20 percent of the population voted. Would it stand or be consequences? Probably who wins wins. They elected that socialist mayor in New York with something 8 percent of the population voting.
@Talknpen (1820)
• United States
3 May 16
Hi Claudia. I really think that every eligible person needs to vote in this election even if they never voted before or will never vote again. I think this election will set the tone for many elections to come.
