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Guy at the bus stop in Phoenix said voting is pointless because the electoral college decides everything, and I sat there for 10 minutes not knowing what to say back
I know he's half right about the college but I still think local races matter, so how do you explain that to someone who's already checked out without sounding like a lecture?
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andrewh4312d ago
Quick thing though: the electoral college doesn't actually "decide everything." It's only for president. Your ballot in Phoenix is also picking a mayor, city council, school board, and in Arizona you get judges on the retention list plus props like the minimum wage one a few years back. Those races get decided by a few thousand votes or less, so one bus stop's worth of people staying home can actually flip them. The guy is checked out because he's thinking about one race on a giant scale, so maybe just point at the down ballot stuff he can actually move.
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