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Or, they live in one of the 40-something states where the election margins are large enough that it doesn't matter whether they vote.

My state hasn't voted Democrat since 1964. The only two elections with less than a 10-point spread since then were in 1976 (7.5% spread) and 1992 (5% spread due to Perot stealing votes from Bush Sr.).

I moved to this state in 1993.



I have three general questions:

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1. So it's about odds?

By what mechanism do you think that refusing to vote will improve your favored diminutive party's odds in your state?

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2. Or maybe it's about cost, instead?

What does it cost to vote in your state? How much time, and how much money, does a voter need to put forth in order to cast a vote in [wherever you are]?

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3. Are you a masochist? (Are you sure about that?)


Local government and utility commissioners are very important too.




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