What does it take to get you to the polls?

[riqster]

Just wondering, based on discussions here and elsewhere over the past months.

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	An inspirational candidate is a must
	0 (0%)
	Party loyalty
	1 (13%)
	My own self-interest
	1 (13%)
	Policy
	0 (0%)
	Hatred of those phugging Teapublicans
	1 (13%)
	More than one of the above
	3 (38%)
	None of the above
	2 (25%)
	Phug it, I don't vote
	0 (0%)
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[femmocrat]

1. I always vote straight democratic.

I don't always vote for every candidate on the ballot, but I never vote for a repuke. Ever.

[FSogol]

2. I have never missed a primary, caucus, or election. I'll always be there voting D. n/t

[Cleita]

3. A pen and stamp. I'm in a mail in ballot only precinct. eom

[riderinthestorm]

4. Better question is what keeps me away from voting?

Personally, I always vote but most people are more motivated to stay home because of crap candidates, badly understood issues, lack of,faith in their ability to make a difference etc.

[WillowTree]

5. An election.

[NightWatcher]

6. about a two minute drive down the road

I'll vote for the D dog catcher candidate if it keeps a Repuke from getting a job.

This year I'm voting to save the libraries, for medical cannabis, and to replace pRick Scott as governor.

[pampango]

7. Policy. republicans are about "us" vs "them" and 'what's in it for me'.

The concepts of "we're all in this together" and "we need to protect our most vulnerable" never seem to occur to the right.

[Laxman]

8. Election Day n/t

[Iggo]

9. An election. (n/t)

[bemildred]

10. Ditto "an election". I always vote. nt

[pansypoo53219]

11. civics. i believe in civics.

and i have my say.

[H2O Man]

12. Other.

I always vote. I consider it to be a right and a responsibility. I never take it for granted.

In years past, I was actively involved in a couple of situations where "the powers that be" (always republicans) attempted to prevent myself and/or others from either registering to vote, or voting. In one case, the ACLU assisted us; in the other, the Center for Constitutional Rights helped.

At a time when our nation is being torn apart at its seams, I consider voting to be the least of activities that we should all be actively participating in.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. A trip to the post office to mail the ballot.

We have a PO Box so we don't have home delivery or pickup.

Other than that, candidates that don't damage my nose to excess. i.e. Third Way/New/DLC/RepulicanLite candidates.

[irisblue]

14. election day....geez

it is frikkin election day, so I go.

[LeftishBrit]

15. Hating the Thatcher legacy and wanting to fight it, however imperfect the alternatives

The knowledge that other women died to give me the right to vote.

Because I can.

[City Lights]

16. An election. nt

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. option 2 to 5. most candidates are not inspiring. i was inspired for bill de blasio

else, i just do my duty

[Marr]

18. I'll always show up to the polls. That doesn't mean, however, that

I'll vote for every D on the ballot.

The local and state races/propositions are well worth showing up for on their own. But I won't vote for a Joe Lieberman, no matter who he's running against.

[MadrasT]

19. An election. Any election, every election. I am always there. n/t

[Pathwalker]

20. A Chrysler mini-van.

n/t

[rock]

21. I go

Don't need a carrot other than repiggies exist.

[zappaman]

22. Free donuts. n/t

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

31. Dang. Nice polling place.

All we ever get is an 'I voted' sticker.

[Rex]

23. My car. Usually packed with people that don't own one.

Next.

[panader0]

24. I use my car or truck,

but I could walk. It's only about a mile and a half away. I always vote, even in the latest Dem primary when all but one candidate ran unopposed.

[Spirochete]

25. I only make it

as far as the mailbox. Then I mail in my vote.

[Spider Jerusalem]

26. It being Election Day, generally, is what it takes.

[NaturalHigh]

27. A candidate I feel is worth my vote.

[bigwillq]

28. An election

I always vote.

[Orangepeel]

29. An election

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

30. Knowing that they're open.

I'll always go. How I vote, though, depends on what I'm offered to vote on, or whom. The candidate doesn't have to 'inspire' me. Just hold generally lefty views on things that are likely to be voted on during their tenure. I don't care if they hold some bizarre RW view on an issue they'll never actually vote on. That's why a lefty view on the economy for the masses is an absolute must for me - it's absolutely guaranteed that whatever else they vote on, they'll be doing votes that affect whether money flows from the poor to the rich, or whether some of the money already funneled that way will return. If they're just going to continue sending money up to the rich, there's no chance I'll vote for them.

[KamaAina]

32. Election Day

The only election I ever missed was one in New Jersey, held while I was house- and cat-sitting in NYC. And the Dem lost by fractions of a percent.

[riqster]

37. That can happen. Hug.

[KamaAina]

38. Of course, it was Jim McGreevey.

We all know how that turned out.

[elleng]

33. A.car.

[Glassunion]

34. My car

[RushIsRot]

35. Something a little short of a gallon of gasoline.

[yuiyoshida]

36. I don't have to go to the polls....

The polls come to me. I receive a ballot in the mail. I will take it to the mail box or hand it to a the postal service employee if he/she is handy. It can't get easier than that!

[MineralMan]

39. An election. That's all it takes for me.

I never miss one. Never.

[MH1]

40. None of the above, civic duty.

I originally voted "my own self-interest" because I do think it is in everyone's self-interest to exercise their right to vote. But then I decided maybe that wasn't the meaning of the option here, that it was more like I would somehow directly benefit from my candidates winning. Since I am in a tax bracket for which my preferred candidates would tend to raise the rates (or anyway I think they should), it's not really in my direct self-interest for these candidates to win ... but rather an interest in living in a better society.

Not sure if I understood it correctly - "self-interest" can mean a lot of things - so I'll weasel out with "Other".