OK, bear with me here if I'm totally off base.
The way I understand it, the majority of the states in this country are "givens", as in it is already known who will win. When a candidate wins a state, all the electoral votes for that state go to that candidate (except for Colorado).
I've read in numerous places that New York is assumed to be an easy win for the Democrats. Neither candidate has campaigned here at all that I know of.
So, no matter who I'm planning to vote for, why would I bother to vote at all? If I vote for Bush, it doesn't matter, because everyone knows Kerry will carry NY. If I vote for Kerry it doesn't matter, because he's going to win NY anyway.
Why the hell would anyone in NY bother voting at all? It seems like a complete waste of time.
I suppose I could go pull some levers so ideologically I can feel like my voice was heard, but that just seems stupid and naive to me.
The way I understand it, the majority of the states in this country are "givens", as in it is already known who will win. When a candidate wins a state, all the electoral votes for that state go to that candidate (except for Colorado).
I've read in numerous places that New York is assumed to be an easy win for the Democrats. Neither candidate has campaigned here at all that I know of.
So, no matter who I'm planning to vote for, why would I bother to vote at all? If I vote for Bush, it doesn't matter, because everyone knows Kerry will carry NY. If I vote for Kerry it doesn't matter, because he's going to win NY anyway.
Why the hell would anyone in NY bother voting at all? It seems like a complete waste of time.
I suppose I could go pull some levers so ideologically I can feel like my voice was heard, but that just seems stupid and naive to me.