Originally posted by Bryn
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As usual, there isn't going to be much point in my voting, unless there's a truly huge seismic shift. I do vote, because I think it's important, and probably for historical reasons - "people have died or suffered for me to have the right to vote" - but the reality is that almost always this has been, by most measures, a waste of my time. One might hope that a butterfly effect might apply in voting, and indeed I suspect it does occasionally, but for the most part my votes by themselves have not been effective as far as I'm concerned, at a national level.
Voting in local elections has been apparently more effective, but as pundits always remind us after the events when trying to excuse the outcomes, local elections are often not strongly indicative of the outcome at GEs.
Not all MPs are bad, however, and I have had good treatment from some, even though they were in the "wrong" party.
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