Yeah, I voted. So you can’t blame me. Especially because none of the candidates I voted for will win; the propositions I voted against will pass. This is how it usually goes. The money-spending, influence-peddling, swindlers will remain in (or in rarer cases, gain) power; the “voters wishes” will rationalize more and more public debt with little actual benefit to the voters, if any.
Oh, and a bunch of people I’ve never heard of, about whom I really should know something about whatever they’re doing in my local community, that except tax-wise affects me far more than state or federal offices, will continue doing their best, I can only hope. (That was clear, wasn’t it? I swear I’m not toasting the success of Nevada Question 9)
It’s a bit hard to feel positive about some of these issues that either you don’t know enough about (in advance!); or that appear by the media to be predecided. California’s going to vote Democrat – so if you’re a Democrat, you needn’t even bother to vote; if you’re a Republican there’s no point in voting. (If you’re a Libertarian, even you think your candidates are insane, and you’ve long since been written off as irrelevant anyway) (If you’re an Anarchist and you plan to do your duty on Election day – well, let’s not get into that here).