# Curious about the effect of current news on the lefties of this board... **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 27, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870 "2018-06-27T20:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/21 "2018-06-27T22:26:02Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Yes they do. But nobody is forced to listen to it. That’s why I always lie and say I voted. So you’re forced to listen to me. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/22 "2018-06-28T00:25:52Z")
No change; I vote every time I am afforded the opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/23 "2018-06-28T01:25:10Z")
No change. I’ll be voting, despite my gerrymandered district habitually leaning 65% or so Republican. Hey, a guy can dream… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/24 "2018-06-28T01:41:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I fully intended to vote last week, and I continue to fully intend to vote. So I guess that’s “no change”, but it might give a misleading impression. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/25 "2018-06-28T02:00:50Z")
I was already going to vote, and now I’m still going to vote, and so I guess I’m doing my part to make the poll results look even more like a middle finger? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/26 "2018-06-28T02:09:19Z")
I really wonder what it’ll do to the right. Will they turn out to keep the SCOTUS? Ginsburg could die soon. Then you have 6 hard right voices on the court. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/27 "2018-06-28T02:14:12Z")
I always vote in midterms. I especially vote when a deranged despot is squatting in the White House. I voted No Change. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/28 "2018-06-28T03:38:26Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I always vote in midterms. I especially vote when a deranged despot is squatting in the White House. > > I voted No Change. Ditto ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/29 "2018-06-28T05:20:25Z")
I was already planning on voting. The fact that I don’t have an incumbent Congressman just re-affirms that. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/30 "2018-06-28T11:43:05Z")
…wait, I’m confused, the OP asks about voting in November 2018, but then there is a “Vote Now” button…what do I do? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/31 "2018-06-28T11:57:29Z")
No change. Last week I would have crawled under live machine gun fire and barbed wire, over hot coals and broken glass in a thunderstorm in the nude to vote against all Republicans, and my motivation can not possibly increase. However, the hope for democracy now rests with Bob Mueller. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/32 "2018-06-28T11:57:43Z")
I have voted in every election for which I was eligible to vote since I turned 18 in 1972. No change. ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/33 "2018-06-28T13:51:00Z")
I fully intended to vote last week, I fully intend to vote this week. If anything, this has made me much more likely to donate a lot more money to democrats. ---
**Author:** ![RickG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rickg/32/5174_2.png) [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/34 "2018-06-28T15:34:10Z")
I’m with everyone else. I was 100% certain to vote last week (barring coma or death), and there’s been no change. I **am** more likely to donate to some vulnerable Senate Democrats or D challengers in R-held seats, though. **ETA:** Exactly what **Celidin** said. I should’ve read the whole thread. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/35 "2018-06-28T20:23:45Z")
Something particular happen last week that would make me want to vote more or less? No change. I’ll vote, I always do. It’s been a shit storm for a year and a half. In that year and a half, I have become a different type of voter. Since republicans have enabled this monster (if not help create him), I will just vote democrat. Completely across the board. One way we may get out of this mess is if there is an overwhelming number of republicans at every level of government replaced. Perhaps, just perhaps congress will get the hint. Sorry if you are a decent republican. ---
**Author:** ![epolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@epolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epolo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/36 "2018-06-28T21:00:33Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Loss of hope. The great American experiment is over, and conservatism has won. There’s no point in voting then, is there? I concur with the above but I still intend to vote. My voting record will make it easier for Gestapo to identify me as an undesirable to be eliminated. The fortunate will be those who were killed early. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/37 "2018-06-28T21:23:48Z")
No change in the likelihood that I will vote. I always vote, every chance. I always vote for the candidate that I feel has the best chance to beat the Republican (and is not a complete fucking crook- fuck them), and I’m goin’ to do it again. This November is as important as ever. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/38 "2018-06-29T16:31:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My level of being pissed at Trump has remained steady from wee to wee. Really? Mine keeps ratcheting upwards, to the point now where I have to remind myself direct action is a really bad idea. No change 'cause not voting was never an option. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/39 "2018-06-29T17:20:21Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Loss of hope. The great American experiment is over, and conservatism has won. There’s no point in voting then, is there? The trouble with democracy is that sometimes the other guy wins. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870/40 "2018-06-29T17:27:43Z")
> [@Celidin](#): > > I fully intended to vote last week, I fully intend to vote this week. That has to be frustrating. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-effect-of-current-news-on-the-lefties-of-this-board/816870.md?page=3)