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2016 Postmortem

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19. It's also really about votes in general. Many have their voices muted by the way voting

Wed May 25, 2016, 01:27 PM

May 2016

districts are drawn by whomever TPTB is at that time, D or R. If one looks at the big picture, the system in the 21st century is very tainted.

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POLL: Simple question. Do you think your vote counts in the US or is it marginalized. [View all] RKP5637 May 2016 OP

How many of us vote on machines with no audit trail? vintx May 2016 #2

? jcgoldie May 2016 #3

Please see post #4. n/t RKP5637 May 2016 #5

My vote counts for less than people in other states Fresh_Start May 2016 #4

Same here. Sums it up well. n/t TDale313 May 2016 #6

which vote? bonemachine May 2016 #9

Of course your vote "counts" TeddyR May 2016 #10

If my vote counted, there wouldn't have been a Repbulican President since 1968. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #11

?? NO ONE'S individual vote decides the outcome of an election. auntpurl May 2016 #21

We are a laughing stock Bayard May 2016 #12

Yep, agree with you 100%. n/t RKP5637 May 2016 #15

You get mine. tazkcmo May 2016 #26

My vote for president in Alaska absolutely does not matter. Blue_In_AK May 2016 #16

Yep! It's a very unfair system IMO. n/t RKP5637 May 2016 #20

We only have one US Representative here, Blue_In_AK May 2016 #25

My vote for what? Retrograde May 2016 #22