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Originally Posted by blankall
Ummm...running for politics is kind of a big time commitment. It's not like blowing off somebody to go for a drink. You don't need an "excuse". Most people don't have an extra 40 hours a week to spend for the next several years.
It also takes serious sucking up to a party to get them to put you forward as a candidate. I don't want to vote for a party, yet I should spend all of my time attempting to work my way up their ranks?
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The point of my original point is you have a choice: do nothing, or do something. The do something could be as little as voting for the person you dislike the least, becoming more politically active, all the way to running for office. Whether you think you have a more justified stance or not, not voting lumps in with a large number of non-voters who just couldn't be bothered. I don't see it as a political stance at all.
Statistically, one person's vote is meaningless. That doesn't provide an excuse not to vote.