Poll: Have you made up your mind?
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Yes, I have
52.24%
35 52.24%
No, I haven't
5.97%
4 5.97%
Yes, but I live outside the USA/Can't vote
35.82%
24 35.82%
No, but I live outside the USA/Can't vote
5.97%
4 5.97%
Total 67 vote(s) 100%
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Do You Know Who You're Voting For?
#21
FrozNlite Wrote:Very well said.

Ultimately I think it's disappointing when people choose to not vote. I find it very hard to believe that an intelligent, educated person who is very knowledgeable about the candidates and the issues cannot, by the election, make a decision, if at least for one of the many races or amendments they're eligible to vote in based on region and locality. Intelligent, educated people with a sense of reason are, in the vast majority of cases, able to make a decision between two options by weighing aspects of the two and seeing which are truly the most important to them.

And in an election like this, I find it shocking some still find the decision difficult. I dislike single issue voters, but come on, women who are unsure about candidates when one has specifically stated he wants to federally regulate their reproductive rights, while the other has passionately maintained those are decisions left to the women themselves? Or that one supports the essential dehumanization of LGBT Americans, denying them the same civil liberties as other citizens, while the other openly supports same-sex marriage?

In the end, the majority of undecided/"I'm not going to vote" citizens out there are simply too lazy to sit down and evaluate their personal convictions about what's really important to them in this country, and who will best represent those issues. History shows, time and time again, that truly educated, informed voters with sounds logic and analytical skills are capable of selecting a candidate for most, if not all races.

Just bear in mind that if you ever choose to give up your right to vote in an election, you give up your right to have an opinion about the winning candidate throughout the duration of their term. You don't get to have a say and complain about the bad things or even praise the good if you don't vote because you didn't exercise your voice when it was needed the most. And ultimately what's most depressing is that hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers have died over the centuries fighting so you today may still cast an informed ballot as a citizen of the country. It's sad you care so little about those lives as to not give the election on any level its due consideration.

It's even sadder when I know some military people aren't voting >_>;
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#22
I early voted after the first debate. I think it's pretty obvious who I voted for.

Although all politicians suck in some ways, Obama just sucks less than Romney. I really shudder to think what will happen should Romney take office.

[video=youtube;hRJa2OaiwWw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRJa2OaiwWw[/video]
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#23
For those of us who don't have the luxury of early voting.. ahem.. MI and are unsure of where your polling place is located..

You can find out your location of your polling place location here.
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#24
Fiel Wrote:I early voted after the first debate. I think it's pretty obvious who I voted for.

Although all politicians suck in some ways, Obama just sucks less than Romney. I really shudder to think what will happen should Romney take office.

Lower gas prices!!
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#25
I never got why third party politicians even bother to run for President.
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#26
Corn Wrote:I never got why third party politicians even bother to run for President.

Well if you've ever taken the federal mandated Government class you would have known.
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#27
I didn't think I was going to be able to vote because I go to school out of state and missed the mail-in ballot deadline, but apparently New Jersey is allowing people to vote electronically because of the hurricane.

Some good luck on my part, going to send in my vote tomorrow.
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#28
If I was able to register to vote, I do know who I would vote for.

Sadly, I am not.
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#29
I know who I would vote for but I'm only 16.
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