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[Heron TSG]

You would have to get literally everyone to not vote. If one person voted for one candidate, that candidate would win. Anything less and you just have news articles about 'high voter apathy'.

[SalmonGod]

There could be some sort of independent effort to gather signatures from everybody who is purposely abstaining.  Even if you disagree with people who do that, it would be useful to get some idea of how many people are simply not making the effort vs who is truly expressing no confidence.

[Itnetlolor]

But that's the thing. Just look at the numbers; despite any victories (regardless who wins), I think all the "news" organizations will show the usual numbers, but somebody will eventually leak (to Wikileaks, for starters) actual voter numbers, ballot lists when something doesn't add up.

One year, 1.4 billion-odd people voted (just an example), Fox News says 1.7 billion. Another year, 678 million voted, Fox News says 1.5 billion voted. Wait, what? And then somebody in the officies that actually has a sense of free will will try to investigate what the hell just happened, and what the meaning is behind this; fast-forward, he puts his neck on the line to leak the voting information the bean-counters that count the votes didn't bother counting, or added from the obituaries. I didn't know my grandfather was a fan of Obama. If he were alive today... Oh right, he was dead since before I was born. Funny that.

Same would apply with Bush and Clinton. You understand what I mean, right? An anti-voting campaign can help force their hand. They over-react/over-compensate for the sudden lack of votes, we struck a nerve. Either they'll react, or an honest person somewhere inside will.

[Aqizzar]

One year, 1.4 billion-odd people voted (just an example), Fox News says 1.7 billion. Another year, 678 million voted, Fox News says 1.5 billion voted. Wait, what? And then somebody in the officies that actually has a sense of free will will try to investigate what the hell just happened, and what the meaning is behind this; fast-forward, he puts his neck on the line to leak the voting information the bean-counters that count the votes didn't bother counting, or added from the obituaries. I didn't know my grandfather was a fan of Obama. If he were alive today... Oh right, he was dead since before I was born. Funny that.

Same would apply with Bush and Clinton. You understand what I mean, right? An anti-voting campaign can help force their hand. They over-react/over-compensate for the sudden lack of votes, we struck a nerve.

No, I don't understand what you mean.  That entire paragraph was pure gibberish.

[Itnetlolor]

One year, 1.4 billion-odd people voted (just an example), Fox News says 1.7 billion. Another year, 678 million voted, Fox News says 1.5 billion voted. Wait, what? And then somebody in the officies that actually has a sense of free will will try to investigate what the hell just happened, and what the meaning is behind this; fast-forward, he puts his neck on the line to leak the voting information the bean-counters that count the votes didn't bother counting, or added from the obituaries. I didn't know my grandfather was a fan of Obama. If he were alive today... Oh right, he was dead since before I was born. Funny that.

Same would apply with Bush and Clinton. You understand what I mean, right? An anti-voting campaign can help force their hand. They over-react/over-compensate for the sudden lack of votes, we struck a nerve.

No, I don't understand what you mean.  That entire paragraph was pure gibberish.

Simply put, They will have to make up for a ton of missing people on the list. The media will lie saying nothing was missing. Someone on the inside will eventually call BS on them one way or another by leaking their information to the public.

[Max White]

He means to imply that your election is rigged. Most likely by Fox.

... I think?

[mainiac]

There are no where near 1.5 billion people in this nation.  Hence gibberish.

[Aqizzar]

Okay, rule number three I guess, no moonbat conspiracy theorizing.

[Itnetlolor]

He means to imply that your election is rigged. Most likely by Fox.

... I think?

Close. Consider that everyone in politics is a member of a secret society of sorts, and these shmucks run the show. I don't think anything we do as a public matters whatsoever. Voting gives us a false sense of security that we're making a difference, or have a choice.

EDIT:
And like I was saying in the example. It's an example. Not actual numbers, but something to show what I mean; albeit, exaggerated.

The million/billion difference, I was hoping would show it best.

[Sirus]

There are no where near 1.5 billion people in this nation.  Hence gibberish.

We're not even near half a billion. You'd need to go to India or China for those kinds of numbers, and I don't even think they can boast 1.5 billion.

[Max White]

Consider that everyone in politics is a member of a secret society of sorts, and these shmucks run the show

I'm going to be honest with you here. You sound like a paranoid conspiracy nutter.

[Bauglir]

I am actually 1.2 billion people.

Dammit, Aqizzar. You beat me by approximately 1 second.

At any rate, as I said before, my money is on Obama to win, Romney to win the nomination because lukewarm is better than "Holy shit, really? That's who they're going with?" followed by endless laughter on the part of the Democrats. There will be endless (read: ending in November) news reports suggesting that Romney actually has a chance of winning, and if he actually does (by some miracle) it'll have been entirely due to self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Itnetlolor]

I'll be honest, politics was never my strong suit anyway (also why I willingly choose not to vote as well; even I know I'm unfit for it). I'll abstain from this topic from now on. But I still say voting is pointless. My final note is, just think of politics like high school politics. They really don't look that different when you come and think of it.

[Mego]

I'll be honest, politics was never my strong suit anyway (also why I willingly choose not to vote as well; even I know I'm unfit for it). I'll abstain from this topic from now on. But I still say voting is pointless. My final note is, just think of politics like high school politics. They really don't look that different when you come and think of it.

...what?

I'm having trouble forming sense from this. Are you saying national politics are a big popularity contest?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Yes.