Oh, BTW, did PA18 convince you EVERY vote COUNTS? Look at how CLOSE this was.

[Eliot Rosewater]

look at this

Conor Lamb Rick Saccone
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 113,813 113,186

So from now on you vote, you vote in EVERY election, you vote for Democrats and you tell everyone you know to do the same!

[PatrickforO]

1. Yes. I don't see how anyone on here could possibly see this as anything less than

hugely motivational to get to the polls!

I mean, what an upset! And, if about 700 people had NOT voted, we'd have lost.

[SergeStorms]

12. And Democrats are highly motivated.

Not so with the Republican party right now. They're sort of running around with their tails between their legs. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN STAY HOME AND REST! GET EVERYONE TO THE POLLS! GOTV!!

[Orsino]

2. You're on to something.

Smells like hope.

[VOX]

3. Too many razor-thin elections. NEVER sit one out again.

Vote Democratic!

[bucolic_frolic]

7. I've seen local elections decided by a handful of votes

It really is foolish to not do your civic duty. Or to cast ballots for candidates you don't understand.

We have about as much civics literacy as personal finance literacy. Neither are taught anymore.

[NewJeffCT]

10. Imagine if you missed this one a while back?

Initial vote showed a 2 vote margin. The recount doubled the margin to 4.

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/16/nyregion/recount-shows-rep-gejdenson-wins-in-connecticut-by-4-votes.html

[Hoyt]

4. When we vote, we win. And we don't have to whine about being cheated afterwards.

[murielm99]

5. The republicans are still

crying foul, looking for irregularities. Do you think they will be able to succeed at this? Their obstruction should be kept in the news.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. They never play fair, never. Anything is possible. One way to avoid this in the future is

next time you go to vote take 3 people with you.

I am going to try and do the same.

[Sophia4]

8. Except for California in presidential elections when our votes count only for a portion

maybe even a small portion of a vote compared to the votes of people in smaller and swing states.

That's the one exception.

[Honeycombe8]

9. Yes! Go pick up Grandma & your 19 year old niece & 25 year old cousin!

You ALL go to the poll together! No excuses! It's a family affair!

The family that votes together, stays together!

[DFW]

11. Every. Single. One.

It costs me about $5 every time to mail in my absentee ballot (we get whacked for extra for those big envelopes), and it more often than not does no good. But some day it will. Maybe my vote will be the one that puts Beto O'Rourke over the top to displace Ted Cruz-you-lose in the US Senate. You never know, but I refuse to be the one who did NOT vote and let Cruz squeak back in by my one missed vote. I may be 5000 miles from Texas, but my voice WILL be heard.