Yup — until 16 I had already become pretty jaded with elections. They all felt rigged already, anyway. Maybe not like they were this time, but at least in the sense that the system would essentially "allow," their 2 acceptable candidates (coke vs pepsi), and then allow the Americans to pick between those 2 preapproved. Some cheating would obviously take place, too. For that reason, I didn't vote in '08 or '12 (my first 2 elections), and I also just hated McCain and Romney as much as Obama.
16, I still felt the same way about elections, but Trump at least represented a shakeup to that system. And I hated Hillary enough, so I was willing to at least go vote, assuming the system was already set up to fraudulently deliver the election to HRC. BUT, they didn't anticipate so many people like myself coming out for Trump, and he was able to basically destroy it all. It gave hope to people like me that maybe we can actually get someone we like elected. If 2020 isn't corrected, and Biden is inaugurated, we're not only back to the pre-16 years, but as you say, we will never have a fair election again. I will not be voting anymore after this election if Biden is installed - the ballot box will no longer be effective. And I certainly won't ever back a republican candidate ever. You don't get to just ride Trump's coattails for a few years and then kick him to the curb to return to the uniparty establishment system where we're given an illusion of choice and say in the system
Yup — until 16 I had already become pretty jaded with elections. They all felt rigged already, anyway. Maybe not like they were this time, but at least in the sense that the system would essentially "allow," their 2 acceptable candidates (coke vs pepsi), and then allow the Americans to pick between those 2 preapproved. Some cheating would obviously take place, too. For that reason, I didn't vote in '08 or '12 (my first 2 elections), and I also just hated McCain and Romney as much as Obama.
16, I still felt the same way about elections, but Trump at least represented a shakeup to that system. And I hated Hillary enough, so I was willing to at least go vote, assuming the system was already set up to fraudulently deliver the election to HRC. BUT, they didn't anticipate so many people like myself coming out for Trump, and he was able to basically destroy it all. It gave hope to people like me that maybe we can actually get someone we like elected. If 2020 isn't corrected, and Biden is inaugurated, we're not only back to the pre-16 years, but as you say, we will never have a fair election again. I will not be voting anymore after this election if Biden is installed - the ballot box will no longer be effective. And I certainly won't ever back a republican candidate ever. You don't get to just ride Trump's coattails for a few years and then kick him to the curb to return to the uniparty establishment system where we're given an illusion of choice and say in the system