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Not voting for any candidate is as much a political statement as voting. Meaning, if voting were mandatory, then I would be forced to pick the least of all the evils, so candidates would not have to work as hard to attract me. In our current system, my vote is up for grabs, but I have to actually want to give it. Candidates can be made in this manner - Howard Dean and Ralph Nader both claim their support came from people who wouldn't have gone to the polls otherwise. I don't know if I believe it in those specific cases, but the number of people who don't vote is a measure of how much potential there is for a new party/candidate with the right views could galvanise the voters.
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Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam
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