We believe that the vote would have been close. We regret that in the face of an explicit threat to veto by a permanent member, the vote-counting became a secondary consideration.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and years - that's why we're not together anymore. But there was always a vote. It was always two out of three.
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.
Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.
If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.
Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
One vote. That's a big weapon you have there, Mister. In 1948, just one additional vote in each precinct would have elected Dewey. In 1960, one vote in each precinct in Illinois would have elected Nixon. One vote.
Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.
I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore.
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
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