2008 Widespread voter disenfranchisement
It’s unfortunate that the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee have disenfranchised so many voters this year.
Are you from Florida? Are you from Michigan? Do you live in Washington and think your primary vote means anything?
Guess again. Your vote doesn’t count for squat.
At the time of this writing, Florida and Michigan are two very large states whose voters have had their voices sileneced because they moved their primary dates to before February 5th. That’s a shame. I guess those tens of millions of people don’t matter. For shame on the Democratic and Republican parties for having such arrogance. I encourage people to use the power of the purse to show them that your votes do count. Do not give a cent to these organizations until you are no longer disenfranchised. Of course, the Republicans are always very good at presenting a unified front, so if anyone who is considering giving money to the RNC actually reads this, I doubt they’ll listen.
What about Washington? Sanctioned by the party, the state has a draconian caucus system which determines allocation of ALL delegates. I wonder how many Washington state residents don’t realize that their mail-in primary ballot, like my own, means absolutely nothing. Personally, I don’t like to hear that my vote is a vote in a beauty contest. As a matter of fact, it flat out pisses me off.
