LogFAQs > #980106043

Evening_Dragon posted...

That's just being bad at math.

Statistically, so is being upset at people who aren't voting in most states.

I'm only popping up cuz this is basically a continuation of stuff from the other thread from yesterday, but, I still can't believe this doesn't make sense to people. If you're in a solid red or solid blue state, which is most of the states, it's basically a statistical impossibility that your vote could matter.

Again, just using my state - which is solid red, up 10-15% on average for Republicans for the last 50+ years. You would need to sway 300k+ Republicans and Independents to switch, or convince at least that many NEW voters to vote Dem. That's literally not going to happen w/o major demographic shifts (ie old people dying).

I'll take being called lazy or apathetic or whatever, but to act like we are somehow actively contributing negatively is just wrong and silly.