I once heard a Political Science professor arrogantly brag that he never voted, because the chances of HIS vote making the difference was infinitesimal.
It infuriated me that someone with a doctorate, teaching others would say such a stupid thing.
His self-aggrandizing argument completely ignored what was even obvious to the simpletons amongst us. His power to vote was not tossed away. It did not evaporate with his pomposity.
A vote is a little hard nugget of power each one of us is given. Its power cannot be thrown away, when tossed, it lives on, on its own. If it is not used, it simply moves on and doubles-up the power of someone that does vote.
Richard Kimball, Vote Smart Founder — Sign up on my Blog at: richardkimball.org or Medium.com at: https://medium.com/@daffieduck2016