Caller Wrongly Believes Voting Doesn't Matter

--Voicemail caller wants to address the idea that voting doesn't make a difference

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Broadcast on October 15, 2019

[birchtree]

Misleading title, it was the caller’s friend who said voting doesn’t matter

[robbyrabbit-slfl]

Your vote doesn't matter period, unless if you're on the electorial college.

[grmpEqweer]

Look, if enough leftists like me vote, we can turn Texas blue.

[birdjo]

Why does the title say"Caller believes voting doesn't matter" when the caller clearly said he thinks it matters. Someone's got to fix David's video titles. They're getting worse

[Rodrigo-tkfm]

Well voting doesn't matter in certain states. Only early states really make a difference. The voting system is flawed

[Richard_Nickerson]

"The way I personally voted didn't win, therefore voting doesn't matter."

Sounds like your friend needs a reality check and a lesson in how logic actually works.

[IfYouKnowYouKnow.]

"Your vote matters" - 2016 presidential election

[MichaelKerr]

David isn't telling the full truth here I'm sorry to say. ONLY the Electoral States matter. The vast majority of Americans that voted, voted for Hillary. She still didn't win. That proves your vote doesn't matter to a great extent. I live in a conservative state. That state voted for trump. My vote literally didn't count. Then, on top of that, the small handful of the Electoral College voted for trump. That means the vast majority of voters votes DID. NOT. MATTER. So unless you are from a swing state. Your vote literally does not matter.

[aaronhumphrey]

With all the evidence of voting machine tampering and the EC, I honestly have a hard time believing voting matters. I’ll probably vote anyway in case I’m wrong, but I don’t believe in our political system one bit. Your points are only valid if the whole thing isn’t rigged, and that’s doubtful in my eyes.

[druidictroy]

Voting would mean even more without the electoral college! But even now it's not just important, it's god damn VITAL!

Voting doesn't matter except when it does.

[Caitlin_TheGreat]

*Voting matters! Giving up in this situation is the worst possible course of action, please don't.*

But let me digress a bit: when voting for president here in California, my vote is statistically irrelevant in that specific case. The Democrat will get the California electoral points (which is fine by me, I want that outcome). _HOWEVER, _ there are other very, very important offices, and even ballot measures, that need to be voted on at the same time. Almost everything in my local district, county and city are held by Republicans, even though I _suspect_ that republican voters are heavily outweighed by left-leaning or fully left people. ... ... unfortunately I _know_ that a great majority of people in this district are not even registered to vote. And many of the independent and democratic voters will sit out elections despite being registered.

If all who were registered voted, we'd likely have a lot more Democratic (or independent) representation in our city hall, and in our county and district offices. And if even half or more of the citizens in this area were registered and all voted, I think that instead of having a republican representative in congress, we'd have a democrat. Instead of an all-businessman conservative city hall, we'd have a mix that better represented the community. And we'd probably have a lot better city policies so that homelessness wouldn't be such a chaotic epidemic in our city while also being something our city wants to ignore, likely in the vile hopes that all the people who have lost their homes just wind up dying -- while they keep making sure the rich neighborhoods and commerce centers are getting beautification projects.

So look, even if there's some good reasons to believe your vote for President won't matter in the scheme of things (and to be honest, in a good number of states it likely won't -- though enough people deciding their vote doesn't matter and abstaining could completely change things) by sitting that out you're allowing your local government to be directed -- unopposed -- by those who do vote. Typically hardline white christian zealots who want the world to be a harsher place for everyone who's not them, or not rich. Locally, your vote definitely matters. The numbers are as massive, and your individual vote _is_ counted.

Also keep in mind, though, that in addition to voting yourself, you can encourage others to vote who otherwise might not. And if enough of us do that, it makes it impossible for the "winner" to be someone people didn't want in the position.

[kittiariastar]

I live in an area where one party completely overwhelmingly outnumbers the other. I vote, but I still believe it is basically a waste of time. I am in the minority.

[kevinnorwood]

I agree that voting doesn’t matter I’ve stated this over and over again. If it did we would see a third party as a president at some point. Not to mention Hillary wouldn’t of been able to steal votes from Bernie. The system is broken fix it and I’ll vote. Until then it doesn’t count.

[ZachTheRantingGuy]

"It (voting) is meaningless. This country was bought and sold and paid for a long time ago" George Carlin, 1996.

[sttv]

Votes matter. But an individual vote matters very little. In a non swing state presidential election, an individual vote has an incredibly low chance of swinging the outcome. Probably a millionth of the chance that lightning would kill one of the candidates on Election Day. This is just math. But I go vote anyway, because I find it enjoyable.

[tidewell]

The people who think their vote doesn't matter is part of a group of millions that feel the same way.... and those millions certainly make a difference

[bikiniatoll]

No mention of gerrymandering- pandering BS

[agent_ninety]

People are cynical because of the voter suppression and the out right rigging and destroying of ballots e.g. Stacy Abrahams and Tim Canova. You cannot blame people for feeling a bit disgruntled.( not you David- in general) Yes, vote.

[MunkyDragn]

Voting is the only way we currently have to keep the government accountable to the people. If you want to piss that away, you may as well move to China or North Korea where you see the results of an unchecked government firsthand.