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jmowreader

(50,533 posts)

9. I never vote for them

Reply to virgogal (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 07:09 PM

Oct 2015

This is no mean feat when you live in an area that's completely infested with them. I've filled out ballots that had twenty races but only drew three votes from me - the other races were either (1) a republican running uncontested or (2) two of them running against each other.

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I am so ashamed... [View all] jmowreader Oct 2015 OP

But this is what they do, and they're doing it to our own party, as well.... villager Oct 2015 #1

Sometimes you DO have to vote for the lesser evil, and not to do so is irresponsible. Squinch Oct 2015 #2

It Is Always This Way When Voting For The Lesser Of Two Evils cantbeserious Oct 2015 #3

this may be the theme of politics now olddots Oct 2015 #4

You're very lucky. When DU was in it's infant stage, it was common for people who voted.. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #5

The two-party system has made me do something similar bigwillq Oct 2015 #6

that's pretty much what voting and elections are about JI7 Oct 2015 #7

I think you are being a tad dramatic. virgogal Oct 2015 #8

I never vote for them jmowreader Oct 2015 #9

Same here, GOP or indie gwheezie Oct 2015 #10

How about a choice between a liberal CT republican and a nutjob CT democrat... madinmaryland Oct 2015 #11

Sadly we have no dems locally gwheezie Oct 2015 #13

That would be rough... jmowreader Oct 2015 #17

I had to do the same for the Spotsylvania Sheriff in the 1990s etherealtruth Oct 2015 #12

Right gwheezie Oct 2015 #14

Nah, left Virginia in 1999 .... etherealtruth Oct 2015 #15

I've voted for Republicans many times in local elections. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #16

You don't need to be ashamed, you can hold your head high. Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #18