Voting Ragrats

[Vorian_Atreides]

@SredniVashtar, I’ve changed the topic title to be clearer. Hope it works for you.

[soyleche]

@Indy

I did, too. I said I’d really prefer Gary Johnson as president and I’d rather my vote didn’t count than vote for either Clinton or Trump.

I believed the polls and thought Clinton was going to win. And, I didn’t realize how bad Trump would be.

Somewhat related – I’m a fan of ranked choice voting.

All of this.

I’m in AZ, so my vote would have mattered more than in some places.

[Ajstudies]

@SredniVashtar

And if so, do they change how they vote in the future?
Do they compensate for their error?
Or become disaffected?
Or chalk it up to bad luck?
Or what?

I regretted a vote bc I thought it had an impact I did not intend. But then I realized it didn’t bc of the electoral college.

I regretted another vote bc it turned out the guy was a crook.

I don’t know how I would compensate for either of these.

I regret that I blindly voted along party lines in certain elections without paying attention to what my reps were doing. In that case I started paying attention and actively questioning my reps. They usually ignore me so I’d say it hasn’t made a difference except that I have to work harder to keep my blood pressure in check.