Every single vote counts in this years race, in ALL the elections

[M]

Look at it this way, G.W.Bush was elected by an extremely small margin in 2000. That margin was a bare 537 votes. So, the conclusion you should make is I have to vote because my vote really does count in the greater scheme of things. There should be no more not going to vote because your favorite candidate is not running. The prize will be the future of America for the next Century or more based on who wins this years elections. Yes I said Elections Plural.

 

Lets look at some simple facts and numbers. In Iowa 186,932 votes were cast in the primary, and Trump won over Rubio by a meager 2,201 votes. Even more critical, Hillary Clinton beat out Bernie Sanders by a mere 0.20% Two Tenths of one percent of the 171,000 votes tallied by the Democrats.

 

In New Hampshire Rubio who looked like he was going to take 2nd place finished 5th. 1,270 behind Bush,3,173 and that was out of 285,923 votes. Kasich who ended up in 2nd place took only 14,861 votes over Rubio.

 

South Carolina and Nevada disregarding Trump's tally, Rubio finished barely ahead of Cruz 1,148 out of 740,881 in S. Carolina, and 1,861 votes out of 75,216 in Nevada.

 

Super Tuesday; Out of almost a half million votes cast in Arkansas Trump only beat Cruz by less than 10,000. In Virginia Rubio was only 29.001 votes behind Trump out of 1,025,389 votes cast. That's very close in National terms. 

 

Cruz lost in Kentucky and Louisiana but carried Kansas and Maine Caucuses out of over a half million votes cast 21,000 could have defeated Trump and have given Cruz all four but not enough people decided to take the time to actively do something to help their future.

 

Lets look at the 2008 primaries, McCain beat Huckabee by only 8,411 out of 588,844 cast in Missouri.and McCain beat Obama there by a mere 3,903 out of 2,929,111 cast and that shows what could have been if the eligible voting public had decided to get off their dead butts and go vote.

 

The figures show that Trump and Clinton are benefiting by the split from split opposition and voter turn out. This bodes bad for the Conservatives and Republicans in the coming November race. No matter who is running, we need to get as many votes out as possible for the most conservative candidates, even if they are only marginally more conservative than who they are running against. 

 

The big picture demands we must not only focus on the Presidential race because that way lies a weaker America and less adherence to Constitutional Law. We must expand our focus to the Congressional Races and the State Races, even going down to the Local level as well. We need the buffers that a predominantly Conservative/Republican ticket of wins in all those races will give us against the two expected candidates for President, Trump and Hillary.

 

It's up to us to goad the public into getting out and voting. It's still not too late to start canvassing in out neighborhood precincts to see who is still not registered, who is going to need a ride to the polls, who needs to get registered for an absentee Ballot. When we are doing this we need to impress on the potential voters that our nation can not survive or continue on as we have been going. We must get out the greatest number of citizens voting if we want to actually make a change for the better.

 

I know beforehand that the naysayers and paid propagandists will say things like 'they don't listen anyway so what's the use?' or, 'our votes don't count.' or, 'it's going to be fixed anyway so why bother?' those or any number of negative responses as to why they won't vote. Those responses are basically excuses for laziness, and they could also be a nefarious ploy to disenchant people from voting, they do that to keep people away from the polls so they can more easily control the elections.

 

If we go out in serious numbers, and we decide to vote for only the most conservative candidates running, in 'EVERY ELECTION', and not just the Presidential election we will in fact make a definite change in our national fortunes for the better.

[Virginia Foulk]

Thank you for sharing your beliefs and opinion.  I concur - Hilary cannot be given free access to the election by the GOP.  And as my husband has said, it is not just the Democratic party that is tearing our country down, it is also the GOP. Neither party has shown any care for the citizens who are their bosses.  That leaves us the choice vote Trump, or if forced vote Cruz, but no brokered GOP candidate.

So I'm working as best I can to push back on both parties by getting others to vote and vote for those who express the true American Constitutional rights of our country.  And of course vote against Hillary. Part of this is letting others know that Senator Ron Johnson is right for America, Former senator Russ Feingold is not. And in our Wis. Supreme Court election, Justice Bradley is the one we need on the court. JoAnne Kloppenburg is not - she is anti-rights and again needs to be defeated soundly.

[M]

Well Said Gene, thanks for your insights.