#like people were getting irritated about voting discussions 2 yrs ago. hey why were yall even talking abt presidential elections 2 yrs ago | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

elftwink · 7 months ago

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why do americans always talk about electoral politics like election day is literally tomorrow. they do this even if someone JUST got elected and therefore they wont even be able to vote anyone in and out for another 4 years. do yall ever notice how nobody else ever punctuates their regional politics posts with 'and remember to vote' unless the post started with the sentence 'election day is coming up in [location]' (and "coming up" is like "within the next two months" not "sometime in the next few years"). are you like not allowed to talk about politics without talking about voting. is there ever any time where you can respond to anything a political leader does using any method other than voting in the next election (which is sometimes several years away and therefore doesn't actually help current and ongoing problems)???? its like as soon as the election is over the campaign for the next one starts. genuinely how do you all live like that. isnt there laws preventing candidates and donors from campaigning too far in advance of an election?? and if there isnt. well that would explain some things tbh

#good idea generator #i realize this year is an election year so i should have posted this earlier #but to be fair to be. the conversation about voting remains exactly as it has every day for the last like 4 yrs. actually the last forever #like literally less than a week after the 2024 election americans will start talking about 2028 mark my words #like people were getting irritated about voting discussions 2 yrs ago. hey why were yall even talking abt presidential elections 2 yrs ago #'if we remind ppl to vote every single day for TWO YEARS surely thats a good campaign strategy and wont annoy anyone' ???#actually i have been seeing talk of the presidential election. like every day since the last one. do yall ever take a breather #discussing politics is a lot less exhausting when you dont get on a soapbox about your civic duty every single time #regardless of whether or not you actually will be able to enact that civic duty literally any time in the near future #personally i think you should only be allowed to talk about voting if an election is like 2 months away. MAYBE 4 #if its farther away you have to talk about something else

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