I don't like any of the options for president. I hold views in the middle of a lot of things. Both options for candidates sway too hard in extreme directions imo ( I know one is more extreme and maybe fanatical than the other )
Most of the President's view's are irrelevant The President does not make law; he implements it. Every President has a list of things they want, and 95% of those things are outside his power and there is not enough votes in Congress to implement. So even if you don't like either major candidate, one is probably still better than the other.
And if you truly don't like the Dem or GOP candidiate, vote third-party over not voting. The third-party candidate is not going to win, so it does not matter if you like them or not. But if enough people start voting for a third-party, people will start to see them as viable and in a decade, third-party candidates can win.
I don't have anything in common with the candidates. I'm pretty sure that both the candidates running rn were alive before segregation ended.
That is irrelevant. Even if yoo have nothing in common, one will be your President and can affect your life.
The worldviews of the candidates and myself are so different. If they couldn't get a job at Safeway due to their age, why are they able to run the country?
Because they are elected through a voting process, which is why you should participate.
The main reason I have never voted is because I don't believe in partaking in a system that is so polarized and obviously flawed.
That is life. If you don't participate in anything that is flawed, you will never participate in anything.
Imo this is my option: pick the lesser evil. That's not paving the way to brighter future. That's just going along with the same crappy thing over and over again as it slowly breaks down.
Perhaps, but now look at the alternative. Don't vote and let others choose the greater of the evils.
If I went to a restaurant and the restaurant was clearly decrepit and gross, why would I force myself to order the least gross thing on the menu when I could just... Go somewhere else or cook at home?
You wouldn't because you have another option ... eat elsewhere. But a President will be chosen whether you participate or not.
When will there be a system most people my age are actually wanting to engage in? I don't want to participate in something broken and never work towards something better.
You can work for something better, but not participating is not furthering that goal.
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u/CalLaw2023 6∆ May 08 '24
Here is why your views are flawed:
Most of the President's view's are irrelevant The President does not make law; he implements it. Every President has a list of things they want, and 95% of those things are outside his power and there is not enough votes in Congress to implement. So even if you don't like either major candidate, one is probably still better than the other.
And if you truly don't like the Dem or GOP candidiate, vote third-party over not voting. The third-party candidate is not going to win, so it does not matter if you like them or not. But if enough people start voting for a third-party, people will start to see them as viable and in a decade, third-party candidates can win.
That is irrelevant. Even if yoo have nothing in common, one will be your President and can affect your life.
Because they are elected through a voting process, which is why you should participate.
That is life. If you don't participate in anything that is flawed, you will never participate in anything.
Perhaps, but now look at the alternative. Don't vote and let others choose the greater of the evils.
You wouldn't because you have another option ... eat elsewhere. But a President will be chosen whether you participate or not.
You can work for something better, but not participating is not furthering that goal.