See, here's the ugly down side of voting... sometimes your candidate doesn't win.
And in my case, that seems to be the norm.
I think I've voted for a winning candidate once... Bill Clinton. Even in primaries, my luck has been pretty darn poor. I liked Bill Bradley over Al Gore and woulda picked John McCain over Bush if I were a Republican. I voted Gore in the last Presidential election. I voted Myrth York for governor twice in Rhode Island. She ran three times, never got elected. And now Curtatone beats Lafuente... and even the woman I voted for in the school committe race got defeated. Sheesh. I just have a really bad track record.
I'm beginning to think I ought to rethink my voting strategy. Maybe I'm just the kiss of death for politicians, and I ought to vote for the folks I'm not actually supporting. Or maybe I ought not to vote at all.
Nah, I just like voting too much. Plus, the machine only works if you use it right. You might not like the way it works... and this morning I don't because I really would have liked Lafuente to get elected... but by and large, the system does work. Supposedly.
I don't know though. I think I may reserve final judgment on that until the results of next year's Presidential election. Then, we'll just see.
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