For the first time ever, I don't feel like voting [View all]

[xmas74]

I've always voted for everything-local elections, bond issues, run offs, etc. For the first time ever I am thinking about not dragging out my voter ID and going to the polls. Why? Because I live in Missouri.

Today is the Missouri primary. We already know who the Democratic candidate is and I'm not too worried. But today, in Missouri, if you are a Republican (no, I'm not but if I were) you're vote doesn't count. Not at all. Why? Because the Republican party announced to the public that they will hold a caucus in March to decide and that today's vote is symbolic only.

The price of this symbolism? Seven million dollars.

I have coworkers who always vote and they've said the same thing-there's absolutely no excitement about this vote, compared to any other vote. Everyone feels the same-that their vote doesn't count. As a Democrat I already know who my party's candidate will be and I'm not all that concerned but if I were a Republican-I'd be very angry.

And the candidates didn't even care to campaign here. Only Rick Santorum made a visit to the Show-Me State. Newt Gingrich chose not to be on the ballot, stating that he knows this vote "doesn't count".

I feel as though the people of my state were disrespected and mistreated, both by the politicians running and by the politicians in my state. I just don't feel as though our votes count anymore in Missouri.