Reply #210: Please do not sit it out. May I make some alternative suggestions? [View All]

Get involved sooner, to have influence on choosing candidates for primaries. Join your state party and be active in it, if that is not already the case. Then campaign hard for your favorite primary candidate.

If you don't see yourself doing that, then write in your candidates. Maybe even campaign beforehand for others to do the same.

In my mind, that sends a clearer message than staying home. Remember Perot's campaign about spending and the budget deficit? He made an unexpectedly large showing. Guess what Bill's priority was after he got into office? (Well, besides getting re-elected, that is.) So, people who voted for Perot did not just waste their vote. They sent a message.

Not voting could mean anything, including that you had the sniffles.