[ExI] Who has a vote that counts?

[Dave Sill]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 2:30 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> As a fun, informal poll, I’d like to ask the following questions:
>
> Is your state a swing-state, or is it considered a “grab” for a party?
>

Red state lock.

Is your county or city politically aligned with your state, or does it face
> the “opposite” way?
>

Aligned.

In political elections, Does you vote actually influence anything on a
> state level? County? City? Or are you caught voting very hard against the
> tide?
>

Against the tide, especially because I'm libertarian. :-)

For myself:
> I live in Texas, solidly Red. I live in San Antonio, generally Blue. My
> vote matters for local offices but not anything past the County, and maybe
> not even then.
>

Trump and Biden are polling nearly even in TX, so that could change.

-Dave
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