Right on about voting

Sadly, so-called "conservatives" show up to vote for "flawed" candidates, but so-called "liberals" stay home if they perceive a "liberal" candidate as "flawed".




Supporting two commenters from Arizona who support Tuscon's police chief, Chris Magnus, in his even-handed law enforcement.

Staying home changes nothing, you must vote for change

“The real change will come when those who felt compelled to stand on principle and not participate in an election in which they felt they were being forced to choose between “the lesser of two evils” realize the staggering magnitude of the gap between those ‘two evils.’”
“Soul Survival in Trump’s Hell”, Charles Blow, New York Times, 2017-09-11.

Polls take a toll on elections

The New York Times had a summary of reader letters on polling.  See

“Margin of Error: The Perils of Polling”
“Readers discuss why polling so often fails to predict elections”

at http://nyti.ms.1QYZcbJ

You have two ways to screw up polling:

1) Never respond to a poll.
2) Always vote.

Remember that a poll is not an election.  And there are several instances of polling being off the mark.  One was Dewey was predicted to beat Truman in 1948.  A second was the 1998 polls for Minnesota Governor ranked the candidates as Humphrey, Coleman, and Ventura.  The actual vote was just the reverse!

If your candidates are ranked low in the polls, be sure to vote.  They need every vote they can get.

If your candidates are ranked high in the polls, be sure to vote.  Polls have been wrong and the candidates might need every vote they can get.

The Fable of Sid Citizen; a vote that "wouldn't count" but did matter

Sid Citizen considered the three candidates for mayor of Wherever - Moe, Joe, and Zoe.

Sid didn’t like Moe because he thought Moe’s views were off the wall.

Sid thought Joe was rather ordinary.

Sid thought Zoe had good ideas but he didn’t agree with her plan for better streets.

So Sid stayed home.  After all, his vote wouldn’t count.

Moe won!  By one vote!