(December 8, 2016 at 5:10 am)abaris Wrote:(December 7, 2016 at 7:08 pm)Cato Wrote: That's part of the uniting, give them a reason to go to the polls more than just 'not the other guy/gal'.
That still led to a 75 percent turnout in my country as of lately. For me it was a positive election because I wanted one of the candidates to win. For many, according to exit polls, it was just a negative selection of preventing the other from winning.
What I mean is, if you don't bother to move your ass to the polls, you throw what little influence you have into the shitter. And it stands to reason that you lose the right to complain over the outcome.
The old 'if you don't vote, you can't complain' line. Totally silly. You can have political influence and be affected by negative political choices whether or not you vote one way or another. I have the right to complain because I have free speech.