Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I would say that a wasted vote is voting for anybody you don't believe in. If you believe in the third party, that's the guy you need to voice for. That's how you change things.
I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years.
I do vote but I don't think that any political party represents my point of view.
I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.
Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.
I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.
I'm not someone who believes in wasting my vote.
I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.'
I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result.
All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.