# Did you vote today? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688 "2016-03-01T23:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/1 "2016-03-01T23:29:48Z")
Mods, feel free to move this to Elections if you want, although my reasoning for starting it here is because I figured the answer would be a given by anyone who would already be browsing an elections forum. However not everyone reads or visits that forum and I’m intending this as more of a “general” thread rather than one specifically talking about the election _itself_ or anyone in it or anyone’s opinion on people in it, etc. Put basically, it’s just a “yes” or “no” poll pertaining only to whether people voted today or if they’re the type that ignores the primaries and just waits until November to do so. For those that did, was there a big turnout? How was the mood of the crowd or other people there? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/2 "2016-03-01T23:35:41Z")
Should we ignore if our state is not voting today? or answer no? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/3 "2016-03-01T23:36:57Z")
No primary here, so no. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/4 "2016-03-01T23:41:09Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Should we ignore if our state is not voting today? or answer no? Ah, I didn’t know it wasn’t happening all over. I’ll add that to the poll. ---
**Author:** ![QuarkChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/5 "2016-03-01T23:47:08Z")
Virginia has its primary today, so yes. It’s weird to use a whole sheet of paper for a single contest–seems like a waste of trees. Electronic voting wasn’t an option. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/6 "2016-03-02T00:06:51Z")
I said “Yes” but Texas has early voting, so it was actually last Thursday. I turned up right at opening time, and there was only half a handful of people there. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/7 "2016-03-02T00:13:04Z")
New Jersey tried to be relevant one year and moved up the date of the primary. Now it’s back to June 7th. So we get to let the rest of the country decide who our candidates will be. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/8 "2016-03-02T00:42:52Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Ah, I didn’t know it wasn’t happening all over. I’ll add that to the poll. I’m surprised you didn’t mention that there’s no primary in Arizona today. It takes place on March 22nd. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/9 "2016-03-02T00:58:06Z")
PA – closed primary and one of the last ones held; so that would be a negative. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/10 "2016-03-02T01:31:37Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Ah, I didn’t know it wasn’t happening all over. I’ll add that to the poll. Really? You’ve never heard people make a big deal about NH, Iowa, Nevada and/or South Carolina before other people vote? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/11 "2016-03-02T01:34:49Z")
no, the MI primary is next week. but I’m just going to sit this whole thing out. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/12 "2016-03-02T01:34:50Z")
Nope. I don’t usually follow current events, news or politics. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/13 "2016-03-02T01:49:59Z")
Since I voted in your poll, does that count? We had no official ballots today. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/14 "2016-03-02T02:38:07Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > PA – closed primary and one of the last ones held; so that would be a negative. We’re April 26th, which isn’t nearly as bad as NJ or CA (June 7th). DC is the last to vote; on June 14th. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/15 "2016-03-02T03:05:33Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > We’re April 26th, which isn’t nearly as bad as NJ or CA (June 7th). DC is the last to vote; on June 14th. Clarification - I meant it as “I didn’t vote today”. Being late isn’t always bad; I believe there have been times when the decision was basically made, the nomination won, in the last few states. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/16 "2016-03-02T13:50:06Z")
I live in Virginia, but I did not vote today for ethical reasons. I always vote in at least the annual elections, sometimes other ones, but considering I do not consider myself a Democrat or Republican, despite that I there are candidates I may find more or less offensive, I cannot ethically contribute to that vote. I’ll wait until the main election and vote for the best person on the ballot, probably not from either of the major parties anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/17 "2016-03-02T14:55:35Z")
I didn’t. There was no point. Clinton and Trump were expected to win in a landslide, and they did. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/18 "2016-03-02T15:10:00Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > I live in Virginia, but I did not vote today for ethical reasons. I always vote in at least the annual elections, sometimes other ones, but considering I do not consider myself a Democrat or Republican, despite that I there are candidates I may find more or less offensive, I cannot ethically contribute to that vote. I’ll wait until the main election and vote for the best person on the ballot, probably not from either of the major parties anyway. I consider myself neither republican or Democrat but in GA it doesn’t matter, one does not register by party. Even in the primaries I vote for the candidate I want. I simply request the correct ballot to do so. Yes, I voted. Even with the much larger than normal turnout it took almost no time. I parked my vehicle at the voting facility at 4:59 PM, walked in, chatted with a poll worker a bit, voted, walked out and got back in my vehicle at 5:05 PM. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-vote-today/747688/19 "2016-03-03T21:01:31Z")
I wanted to, but I had something else pop up, and ran out of time. And while I know that it wouldn’t make a difference, I do hate that Arkansas when to Trump. I was even gonna vote for Cruz even though he’s not my favorite, simply because he actually could have beaten Trump. (I’m still registered Republican from back when I still just did what my parents said. And I decided my vote would have been worth more on the Republican side, than on the Democratic side.)