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aybala50's picture

Does it matter?

So, we're back to choices again? Did my decision on who to vote for in this election make a difference? Ofcourse looking at the big picture it's not hard to say NO your vote made no difference. Out of the millions your vote was only 1 and 1 vote did not determine who the winner was in this election. OK, that's understandable, but again if we look at the facts- what if all of us didn't vote because we thought the "1" vote we would be contributing made no difference? What if this class of 14 didn't vote because heck our vote's don't matter? What if Bryn Mawr student's didn't vote because we're only a small liberal arts school, our votes don't matter...see the bigger picture? If we all had the mind set, "our single vote doesn't count" it would affect a larger picture. Looking at the nation's VERY LOW voting rates, it's interesting to wonder, is that why they didn't vote? Because they thought their vote wouldn't matter? 

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