I didn't call for a ballot at the start of the miners' strike in 1984. I'll regret that until my dying day.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you're an independent voter, I'm willing to bet that you were not too happy at the prospect of hitting the polls on November 8, 2016. But let me guess - you did it anyway because after all, it's your civic duty, right?
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.
No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote.
As I said, I spent most of my adult life thinking I didn't have a vote, and therefore that what I thought didn't matter.
And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
My crash and burn over drugs and alcohol is very well known; I've never, ever hidden that story. If there are people who would not vote for me because of that history, I understand.
I went to vote once, but I got too scared. I couldn't decide whom to vote for.
I don't vote. I voted Labour once, in that moment of euphoria. I know that if people only made a voice for change, then change will happen, but I'm not that person. I'm painting pictures.
And I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.