# Should I vote? (Republican Primary) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-vote-republican-primary/221348 "2003-12-28T01:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-vote-republican-primary/221348/21 "2003-12-29T16:09:21Z")
It is completely absurd to believe that your vote could ever make any difference in a presidential election, even if the race is extraordinarily close. A rational person would never vote under these circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-vote-republican-primary/221348/22 "2003-12-29T16:11:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by qts \* > \*\*You should vote, and you should vote for the candidate who best reflects your interests. And if you don’t vote, you can’t complain if the outcome displeases you. > > People died so you could have that vote. So use it. \*\* yeah, and people in China are starving and would be GLAD to have your food, so eat yer damn veggies, too! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-vote-republican-primary/221348/23 "2003-12-29T20:30:48Z")
**Cheese Monster** How are you going to effect a change if you don’t put your words into action by voting? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-vote-republican-primary/221348.md?page=1)