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Exhaustion 2012

[dethtoll]

It's tomorrow! The commercials will stop soon! The robocalls will end! I don't have to wish for a shotgun to keep by the door anymore!

Seriously fuck this shit.

I wish I didn't live in a swing state. If I lived in a 'safe' state I'd just vote Gary Johnson and be done with it. But no, my vote actually matters, so I have to vote for a guy I don't necessarily like all that much because the other guy's party disgusts me, and nobody ever votes for anyone outside of the two main parties.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[(Anonymous)]

I'd vote for Gary Johnson but will not just for the same reason as you.

Sucks, donnit?

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[greenvelvetcake]

I'm glad my vote counts in a solid blue state, no pressure.

Do people really come and bother you at your front door?

Re: Once Upon A Time Rant (Spoilers)

[mekkio]

I'll bring the party favors because I am so over this political circus. (And I mean a circus, where they have clowns and the whole place smells like manure.)

Re: Once Upon A Time Rant (Spoilers)

[greenvelvetcake]

The jugglers were better in '08.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[saku]

people vote for "third" parties a lot, but the electoral college makes it borderline impossible for third parties to hold any power, no less in the presidential office. so even if johnson won the popular vote in a number of states, it'd probably be for nothing in the long run.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[unicornherds]

so I have to vote for a guy I don't necessarily like all that much because the other guy's party disgusts me

Pretty much this. I'm glad the ads and circus will be over, but have my fears about the results.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[(Anonymous)]

This is me also, except the other guy's party also terrifies me. A lot.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[caecilia]

ugh i'm gonna be so antsy until it's decided

but yeah I live in a swing state too I got another phone call about an hour ago it's disgusting

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[brightblueink]

I live in a swing state but just went "fuck it" and voted for Gary Johnson because he's closest to my own beliefs and I honestly dislike Obama and Romney pretty equally. (I like Obama better as a person, but I still don't like his politics.) So I've pretty much resigned myself to thinking that whoever won I'm going to hate the next four years, so I might as well vote for what I actually believe in.

Although technically I'm registered as a Republican so my vote for Johnson is a vote against Romney so I think I've upset my dad more than I would anyone on F!S.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[(Anonymous)]

Haha omg are you me, this is like exactly how I feel. Right down to how my dad would be upset if he knew. XD

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[brightblueink]

My Dad actually knows--in fact, we sat at the dinner table and filled out our ballots together after dinner. He's a little disappointed I think, but he actually likes Gary Johnson somewhat, so he's not actively mad or anything. And both of my parents respect that I voted for what I believe in, even if it's different than what they choose to vote for. I'm pretty lucky in that regard.

I'm not sure what my Dad would've done if I voted for Obama, though. I think he would still be...okayish with it since he wants to support me being an adult with my own opinions, but he'd probably be a lot more OBVIOUSLY disappointed with me at the same time. |D; But oh well.

either way GOOD TO KNOW I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS. =Db

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Wait... what? What does the state you live in have to do with how you vote? O.o Or are there state elections in the US rn as well as federal?

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[caecilia]

hopefully this helps: http://youtu.be/ok_VQ8I7g6I

I was trying to find an entertaining song about it but they all kinda suck

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[brightblueink]

Yeah, long story short, since Colorado (where I live) is split between Democrats and Republican, votes "matter" here more than they would in...say...California (which is very Democrat) or Texas (which is very Republican) due to the electoral college.

It doesn't make much since to Americans, either.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[(Anonymous)]

It's because of the electoral college thingy. All states have a certain number of "electoral votes" based on population. Who wins the election is based not on who gets the straight-up majority of individual votes cast, but on the majority of electoral votes.

In all but two states, all of a state's electoral votes go to the candidate who wins the state-wide popular vote, i.e. "winner take all."

So one or more "swing states" - those where voters appear to be evenly split between parties, could wind up deciding the election because a win by a narrow margin in one state means ALL of that state's electoral votes go towards one candidate.

That's why a vote in a swing state is considered to "matter" more than in a state that usually votes with a clear majority one way or the other, and why candidates pour so much energy into campaigning in swing states and trying to appeal to undecided voters.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[(Anonymous)]

This is me, too. I actually didn't vote (would have had to do an absentee ballot) and I didn't last time, either.

I'm so over this two-party system. I never tell anyone I'm a Republican because they assume I hate gays and other things about me that aren't true. But I honestly couldn't bear to change my registration to Democrat because too many of the core beliefs are against my own. I don't fit into either party and resent having to register as one if I want my vote to count. I suspect that if it's this bad in 4 years, I won't be a registered voter anymore.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[(Anonymous)]

I'm actually closer to a Socialist but I'm kind of scared to register as such, so I'm on the list as a Dem. All of the independents I know are closer to the conservative/libertarian side so I never really talk about my politics (which is probably good because it's a great way to start a fight). I don't mind rational-minded conservatives because I believe it takes all kinds of viewpoints to make the country work, but I really wish the Republican party wasn't...the way it is. And that the other, smaller parties had equal exposure.

I don't think not doing anything is any way to change it, though.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[saku]

basically this for me too. my dad was like "we [republicans] need all he help we can get" but i didn't have the energy to explain to him that as a republican i don't really feel comfortable voting for a guy like romney.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[diet_poison]

If Obama is the guy you like more, I feel like a vote for Johnson is a tacit vote for Obama. That's what I'm doing - because in reality I would love it if Johnson has a shot, but he doesn't, and I also prefer Obama over Romney even though a lot of libertarian-leaning people tend to prefer the Republican so it works out pretty well for me.

If it's Johnson>Romney>Obama then...idk what to tell you =/

And I 100% feel you on the phone calls ugh

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with you completely. And am stupidly happy that your "if only I could" vote would be Gary Johnson.

YEEEEEEAH.

make the ads stop!

[(Anonymous)]

The senatorial election in my state is fierce and it's the same rotation of the same ads over and over, every commercial break. The presidential candidates' ads actually provide a bit of welcome variety.

I already voted in-person absentee a week ago. I figure by now anyone who gives enough of a shit to actually go to the polls has already made up their minds, but of course the ads will continue until the bitter end. I am so ready for this to be over.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[(Anonymous)]

I can't wait for social media to shut up. Everyone act like their so high and mighty if they vote Obama is infuriating. I don't like Romney either. I'm just sick of hearing about how Obama farts rainbows and free money because he's pro gay marriage. I am too, by the way, it just seems these social subjects have really taken over to block out important goddamn issues.

Libertarians are doing really well this go. I'd say voting for them is NOT a waste if it gets people's attention. Anything over 1% would be the most a third party got in a long time. A lot of it's supporters are ex-republicans. It's not taking a vote from Obama. It's giving a vote to whom you most agree with.

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[saku]

i sure can't wait for all my tumblr and twitter friends to go off on anti-republican tangents regardless of who wins, that's always a delight. /sarcasm

Re: Exhaustion 2012

[(Anonymous)]

I unfollowed everyone who did that and told them I'd be back following them after the election. Only one person had an issue with me doing that and she turned her attacks against me personally. Obviously I won't be following her again tomorrow morning!