Kevin_Kennedy
Defend Liberty
- Aug 27, 2008
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Not at all. There are any number of non-political reasons why someone might not vote, but if you go and vote and make it a protest vote, then it is quite obvious that you reject both of the official parties.Isn't the number of people who don't vote the real statistic of those protesting?
Besides, once enough people don't bother to vote through indifference, and thereby threaten the legitimacy of the whole process, the rulers will just pass a law forcing people to vote -- as they did in Australia.
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That's just it though. Indifference is the most powerful form of protest. It says that this system is not even worthy of paying attention to in the least. The fact that they would turn around and force people to vote only reinforces this fact. If you vote third party then they could care less, but if enough people don't vote then that threatens their legitimacy as you said.