George Takei: Your vote has power, even if it seems like a small drop in a vast bucket. And it's important we all remember that. Now, more than ever, let's show up and make our voices heard.

Your vote has power, even if it seems like a small drop in a vast bucket. And it's important we all remember that. Now, more than ever, let's show up and make our voices heard.

Your Vote Is a Tool To Help Others. Use It Wisely.thinkbigpicture.substack.com George Takei explains why, despite the fact that it was a Democrat who ordered the internment of Japanese Americans when he was a child, that he continues to be a committed progressive Democrat.

Thanks for reiterating this, George. It needs to be said, and repeated, ad infinitum, in every election cycle.

✅️ THIS

Your vote only has power in 🟣 battleground states under our awful Electoral College system. It is drowned out in Deep Red & Deep Blue states.

As someone in a red state, I’m not taking any chances. Some people fucked around and we all found out by enduring 4 years of Trump. So I’m voting for Biden regardless of my vote being drowned or not.

theconversation.com/whose-votes-... Excellent. I encourage ALL voters to vote 🔵 no matter where they live. I am just challenging the "every vote counts" rhetoric in the face of the perverse Electoral College system which gave us Bush 2 and Trump.

Had enough people voted in 2016, Trump wouldn’t have won with the help of the electoral college. So yeah, every vote counts.

Only if they voted in battleground states and voted for Clinton. Increasing the vote for Clinton in deep 🔵 and 🔴 states in would have done nothing to change the final horrific outcome.

Important to remember your vote matters regardless, it’s not just the top of the ticket. Reps, council people, local and state amendments… your vote may make a difference down ticket so don’t sit out!

Only if you vote against major parties, otherwise your vote is meaningless.

"It is all on the line in 2024..." Who you can be is on the line. Come on, America, we know you can be more than you're being!

Sadly in a solid red state, it only matters in the meaningless popular vote count. But just the same, I will be there.

www.votenone.org.uk/uk-unheard-t... not in the UK it doesn't

The UK's Unheard Thirdwww.votenone.org.uk In 2015 and 2010, a third of registered voters didn't vote. They were silent, invisible and ignored. If just some Vote in 2017, they can change the results. If some Vote NONE, they can create the big...

This essay is excellent. Thank you.

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