I am also not American, and I also voted for a party that did not win the national elections. However, to put in perspective, the last local elections I voted”strategically” (meaning, not my favorite party but the one I thought had better chances to win in my district and was the lesser evil) - I looked up the numbers after the election and the party I voted for ended up winning by about 40 votes. Had I and 39 other people decided not to vote at all, a much worse party would be governing my district..
Seems completely irrelevant? You were arguing that non-voters had no role in a candidate winning, and now you're pivoting to "but was your vote satisfying." Do you have a point or is this just general misanthropy?
People don't vote because it's perfectly satisfying every time, or they expect to win every time. That's a pretty childish way to look at the democratic process. But if you believe the current president is obviously terrible and you wonder, aloud, how he came to power, revealing that you didn't vote is bound to earn you some groans.
i think both questions are irrelevant. why would i be satisfied or dissatisfied with not voting?
i'm not american, i voted for a losing party in my countries election, i'm not pleased with my government, but had i not voted and the situation was the same, i would not feel any differently.
assuming you did, are you satisfied with the outcome of the process you engaged in?
I am also not American, and I also voted for a party that did not win the national elections. However, to put in perspective, the last local elections I voted”strategically” (meaning, not my favorite party but the one I thought had better chances to win in my district and was the lesser evil) - I looked up the numbers after the election and the party I voted for ended up winning by about 40 votes. Had I and 39 other people decided not to vote at all, a much worse party would be governing my district..
Seems completely irrelevant? You were arguing that non-voters had no role in a candidate winning, and now you're pivoting to "but was your vote satisfying." Do you have a point or is this just general misanthropy?
People don't vote because it's perfectly satisfying every time, or they expect to win every time. That's a pretty childish way to look at the democratic process. But if you believe the current president is obviously terrible and you wonder, aloud, how he came to power, revealing that you didn't vote is bound to earn you some groans.
i think both questions are irrelevant. why would i be satisfied or dissatisfied with not voting?
i'm not american, i voted for a losing party in my countries election, i'm not pleased with my government, but had i not voted and the situation was the same, i would not feel any differently.