I work for the Dept of Defense and the vast majority of my coworkers are very conservative, altho I’ve found a few kindred spirits. I avoid expressing any opinions about candidates unless I know I’m speaking with someone who can’t mess with my career or assignments. I may discuss issues in general and I’m bound by my Doper honor to correct any outright lies or misperceptions, but beyond that, I stay quietly in my cubicle, listening to some of the idiocy that swirls around me.
I got a snarky comment directed at me when I opined that Sarah Palin’s *voice *was really annoying.
files it away under “ways in which US elections are different from the ones I’m used to”
I’m even affiliated to a party but if they wasted my affiliation money calling me to remind me it’s election day I’d break the card. And I don’t always vote for them.
I tell the truth, which in this case is that I honestly don’t know who I’m voting for in the presidential election yet. If it’s an in-person conversation and they want to follow up (“Why are you undecided?” “Here’s why you should vote for the candidate I like”. . . "), I disengage and gaze around the room with a vague expression, trying to convey without being rude that I’m not interested in a converations about politics. If that doesn’t work, I fake a seizure.
Well, here in Minnesota, we consider it money well spent. Last election, Minnesota had the highest turnout of any state in the USA. We expect it to be even higher this election.
And I note that it was a higher turnout of voters than Scotland had in their last election.
And maybe your party should consider reminder phone calls – 4 of the 8 lowest turnouts in the entire UK were right there in Glasgow (Shettleston, Maryhill, Kelvin, & Springburn).
I think you should gaslight the kids with that, Mahaloth - pretend they misunderstood you if the parents complain. “Oh, no, I meant you had to show a lot of id to vote.” You’re never too young to have people in authority messing with your head, are you?
