German Election

I haven't heard anything about it, except this thread, and I really just don't care at all.

Ewww.

I think so. I mean, our own presidential election doesn't even seem to affect my day-to-day life.I don't even care enough to vote here, nor do I think my vote matters. So regarding elections in other countries, I don't care enough to even read about it.

I'm sorry frako, and I like you, but I think you're going to have to improve your grammar and punctuation for me to understand what you are saying.

Yeah, its a lot easier to make sense out of it this morning. I think I was just a little groggy last night.For some reason, all I was seeing was:

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I usually give out an invalid ticket last time. I made a big crossover the names...

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I wasn't trying to be a dick about it, I just couldn't quite get it:

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I usually give out an invalid ticket. Last time, I made a big cross over the names and wrote under it Gotovi ste (you are finished). (Its) a slogan from (a) protest group who wants to get rid of the same people that just switch positions at the table, leaving the people with nothing but scraps.

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For me, its not that they don't have an effect. Its that I have no idea how the different possible outcomes of the german election will impact all of those things. And I suspect most people don't, because its not something that is really that predictable. Abstract and unpredictable. There's literally no reason for me to pay attention.

I live in a blue state, so I don't bother voting red. My "screw em" is just not bothering with going over there and casting. Mine doesn't matter to me.I almost voted one time though... my cousin's roommate from back in college was running for lieutenant governor. He was such an asshole back then that I was going to go and vote just so I could vote against him (he was running for the red team by the way). Something came up and I just didn't do it, but he lost regardless.

I believe that even if I spent the time and effort to learn about the candidates' policies and how they could potentially affect those things, then I still wouldn't be able to accurately predict what would really end up happening.It'd be like voting for a weather man:

I think local elections can have a direct impact on my day-to-day life and the outcomes of them can be predicted well enough to pay attention to and actually vote in.Its when you start getting into broader ones where you start to loose the connection. And to go to elections in foreign countries just makes that much more of a disconnect.

I did go vote one time right after I turned 18 just because I had no idea what it involved.It felt like a pointless waste of time.I don't think that nobody should vote, though. It just doesn't matter to me personally.

Yeah, my vote literally does not matter. Me too, unfortunately they don't have a chance. If I found a candidate that I really liked, I would go and vote for them.Or if I found a candidate that I really hated, then I would go and vote against them.But so far its all been "meh".