Jan

22

vote smart or go home

Filed Under blabbery, voter research, who cares 

I had a long, heart-breaking conversation with my husband the other night. Him arguing the futility of voting and my trying not to burst into tears that this was someone under my own roof exhibiting the exact kind of apathy I can’t stand.

Obama might be firing up 18 - 25 year olds, but I’m afraid there’s a big gap of 26-35 year olds that still don’t give a crap. My brother-in-law said, “Who really cares? My vote isn’t going to make a difference.” My friend Sara said, “I know the voting systems get hacked anyway, so why bother.”

Um…does anyone else find this alarming? I feel like I’m being cornered by naysayers, and my only sword is hope. Okay, that was a little dramatic.

But it’s very upsetting. How do you make people care? Isn’t the current administration reason enough to vote?

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