# Do You Vote
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 27, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472 "2010-12-27T01:21:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/1 "2010-12-27T01:21:23Z")
Basically are you franchised to be able to vote for elections (not necessarily where you reside). Poll to follow. Read the options carefully.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/2 "2010-12-27T01:26:58Z")
You’re goddamn right I do. Men have fought and died to uphold the privilege of citizens voting for their chosen representatives. See also: [Idiot - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot_%28Athenian_democracy%29)
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### Author:  [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/3 "2010-12-27T01:51:56Z")
I voted “occasionally” in the poll, because, while I have never missed a general election, I don’t often vote in local elections (School board elections, or even City Council elections necessarily).
But for the “major” state and federal elections (every 2nd November) “Regularly” would be my answer.
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/4 "2010-12-27T01:56:54Z")
if you don’t vote, you shouldn’t bitch about the government and its actions.
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### Author:  [@AmunRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmunRa)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/5 "2010-12-27T02:21:37Z")
> [@aruvqan](#):
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> if you don’t vote, you shouldn’t bitch about the government and its actions.
And this is exactly why I vote in every election I can. I have lots of bitching to do when it comes to the government. 😃
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/6 "2010-12-27T02:38:49Z")
Voting in all elections since 1966.
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### Author:  [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/7 "2010-12-27T02:41:26Z")
I currently live in the US but I’m not a citizen, so I’m not eligible.
I would be entitled to vote in Hong Kong if I were to live there again. Since I’m now away, however, I’m not eligible.
I do plan to vote regularly if I ever become eligible to vote in either places.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/8 "2010-12-27T02:56:17Z")
I vote early and often.
Seriously, I’m the only voter in my office (9 people). My co-workers all have some reason or other for not voting, which is fine with me. It’s great to remind them later on when they complain about something that “the government” has done.
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### Author:  [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/9 "2010-12-27T03:02:28Z")
I haven’t voted in every single election since I was eligible, only because I know I skipped a few ‘special elections’ with only local races/issues that I didn’t feel qualified to make an informed decision on. But only two or three in 25 years.
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### Author:  [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/10 "2010-12-27T03:07:18Z")
I voted once. Nothing happened. And I mean _nothing_, not _any one thing_. At all.
That’s not to say I’m strictly a nonvoter. I don’t abstain for principle (just like I don’t engage for principle), but I vote on the margins. If I got either more votes, or if less people voted, I’d be more inclined to vote.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/11 "2010-12-27T03:11:20Z")
Registered and always vote.
And I just want to put in a plug for my grandmother, who first voted in a Presidential election in 1928, and everyone since up to 2008. She’s 106 now and probably won’t be here in 2012, but I’ll bet twentyone straight Presidential elections is close to a record. If she could have voted at eighteen as young people can now, it would be twentytwo.
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### Author:  [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/12 "2010-12-27T03:26:14Z")
It really irks me when polls about personal politics and behavior are made public. I don’t know why anybody would want a public poll, and I have no idea why anyone would answer one honestly.
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### Author:  [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/13 "2010-12-27T04:07:46Z")
First option. In two countries, even. That’s a lot of voting!
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/14 "2010-12-27T04:14:24Z")
Every fucking election. Without fail.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/15 "2010-12-27T04:21:41Z")
I haven’t missed an election since I came of age in 1984.
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/16 "2010-12-27T04:22:05Z")
I vote most of the time. When I can get there.
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### Author:  [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/17 "2010-12-27T04:52:39Z")
I’ve voted in every election I’ve been eligible to vote in. I figure this perfect record will be my greatest strength if I ever run for office someday. Of course, once the tit pics surface, my campaign will be over anyway.
(I’m just kidding about that last part— I’m a Democrat, tit pics wouldn’t hurt my chances at all :p:D).
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/18 "2010-12-27T04:55:12Z")
No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/19 "2010-12-27T10:37:15Z")
I almost always vote. It doesn’t seem to do much good, but I can always bellyache afterwards.
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2010, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-vote/565472/20 "2010-12-27T10:56:42Z")
I have voted every election since I was able to vote.
Partly due to coming from a very political family (wrong party) and realizing I had to do something to stop them.
Gee - if only others on this board would vote.
It is so quiet here come election time - nobody seems to have any opinions on this board regarding elections.
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