Henriot said:
I live in Australia. I get a fine if I don't vote. Regardless of the threat of fine, I still vote and somewhat resent those that don't, but Australian politics is something of a joke. Not much gets done, regardless of which party is elected.
Unfortunately, we have a chimp for a Prime Minister now.
true we have a chimp for prime minister, and yes voting is compulsory, but never let it be said that your vote doesn't count, every single vote counts down to the nth degree(having worked at the counting of the most recent election I can safely say it is not to make it administratively easier), and really they do make it easy, I may not like the politicians, but our political system, is bloody fantastic.
the politicians on the other had are useless, I loath the liberal(conservative) party and labour are a bunch of bumbling fools at the moment, the greens are a bit loopy but at least we know what they stand for so I respect that, and minor parties can actually make a major difference in the political process, but how the fuck did the sports party, motoring enthusiast's and family first(cray cray christian party) get a seat.
and I know no Americans will find most of this relevant or interesting, but seriously, your electoral college system is whack, basically any other voting system is better, you should probably move to Australia, everything is sweet here we are rocking it economically compared to the rest of the world and seriously worried that we are not quite doing well enough, we are kinda racist, but we like america so you guys would be fine to chill here, and our creatures only try to kill you most of the time, straya!