Is it normal, i don't want to vote for a president this year, 2012?

"I never vote for people. I always vote against."
- W.C. Fields.

Vote. Vote for the candidate you find the least objectionable. What if a retard like Santorum wins by one vote, and you could have stopped him?

Totally normal, the candidates all suck this year the country's doomed.

There are more than two candidates running, and you can always write in a vote. I've voted third party several times. That, by itself, makes a valid statement and gives you a voice.
Yes...you need to vote.

Ron Paul 2012

I like that Romney wasn't mentioned. I'm pretty sure that if I viewed him from the side, I could see that he's literally made out of cardboard.

I like Ron Paul.

If voting changed anything, it would be illegal!

Do what you want. It's a free country.

Wouldnt it be great if nobody voted? Might show the people in power that we dont want to play their silly games anymore.

It doesnt matter who you vote for, the president is just a puppet anyway.

Look how many lies and fake promises obama made to get in house....

vote for ron paul. he is the only politician ive seen in my lifetime who genuinely cares about the people. he is filled with knowledge and honesty. an amazing man.

i live in australia so i cant vote for ron paul - you dont want to vote for anyone but your mom bugs you to vote - so do it for me, deal?

Oh my God, YES, I know what you feel like, I really do! I'm also a registered Independent, but I really could care less about voting- but my family is like, "It's your duty as an American citizen", yada yada yada...

I barely know anything about current American politics, or even what the candidates even stand for- I don't feel like I should vote since I don't know a lot of stuff about what's going on in the world right now.

If you don't want to vote, then don't vote. It's your choice.

Not voting doesn't make you a bad person. If you don't see someone fit to be president, don't vote. Also, DON'T vote for 'the better guy who's got a chance'. The only person you should vote for is 'the good guy'.
Would you date someone just because they're 'better than your last' or would wait until you find someone who's worth it?
If you don't like them, don't vote them.

Indeed, there are many people who feel the way you do. The current electoral system in the United States has become systematized and biased in favor of the established power brokers. The Electoral College is in fact what has been called an 'indirect democracy'. By definition, this is not a democracy at all, since a 'democracy' is a goverment by the people.
What I feel is needed, is a reorganization of the political landscape, to a system that is more fair and thus more representative.
How can this be accomplished where the current electoral system and mainstream media is heavily weighted in favor of these two political parties?
1) Revolution. (I do not feel this is a viable option because it would cause economic and social upheaval).
2) Elect a strong Independent Candidate. The problem with this, is that even if a candidate were elected, the system would consume them, corrupt them and very little would be done to achieve reform of the system.
3) Organize. I feel this is the best option. Work within the current system. Have a mindset for a gradual transformation to a truly representative democratic system. Co-operate with established third parties such as the Libertarian Party, Green Party, etc. as well as any neutral Independent candidates. Avoid radical or extremist political or religious-based candidates, but try to convince them to drop these ideologies. Co-operate with the Occupy movement.
What is needed is an internet-based system to organize your concerns for political and social inequality and injustice. You would keep track of how many (popular) votes would go to these 'other' candidates.
Make a legally binding agreement with both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney that they will work in co-operation with our spokesperson, should they accept. We would then advise our people to vote for who we feel is the better candidate, rather than the 'other' candidates.
Our spokesperson will have an office inside the White House. They would be subject to re-call and replacement should they be negligent in their duties. Their salary will be capped to the median income in the jurisdiction where they live.

So everybody knows, if Obama did not get elected we wouldn't be posting here on IIN because McCain would have completely taken the country into ruin. Every citizen would be living like a Plantation Slave in the 1800s South, kept in conditions like India's slums, with RFID chips in our hands doing the menial labor that is now done by people in China. This may not have happened right away but somehow this scenario would likely have evolved at some point. Maybe it wouldn't already be that way, but going in that direction. Oh and one last thing, DO NOT get the RFID chip. They may have good intentions with them now to help find missing kids, track criminals, etc. but when corporations like Monsanto get ahold of this technology it will be used for the enslavement of all citizens if we let it

Yeah, it's normal. I am voting for Ron Paul in the primary, but since it's pretty obvious he's not going to win that, I have no idea who I've vote for in the main election.

Two other points:

Even if you can't get behind any presidential candidate, don't forget there will be other things to vote for. Perhaps there will be a state or local initiative that interests you.

It's a secret ballet, right? Your mother doesn't need to know how (or if) you vote.

Hallo mein Name ist Gabriel und ich bin ein alchoholic. Ich denke, es begann alles in Bayern an unserem ersten Jagdausflug ...

*I didn't read all the comments, so if this isn't Alcoholics Anonymous, sorry*

Santorum isn't running against Obama, Mitt Romney is the Repblican canidate.

*I didn't read all the comments, So if someone has already pointed this out, sorry.*

I don't even know how to vote. But no, I don't think it matters. It's your right. If you don't want to exercise that right then why should anyone try to make you?

Always vote for the lesser of two evils. Just because neither is your ideal winner, that isn't really a good reason not to vote at all.

A lot of people seem to think that staying at home in protest will somehow make the situation any better. That isn't how the system works; in fact, it'll be worse because the parties don't try and win the votes of people who didn't vote, so they'll just move even further away from what you want. Vote for a third party, that is more of a protest than not voting at all.

By voting for a third party you show the big two parties where you want them to be. Republicans and Democrats care about appealing to the third party vote because it can mean the difference between winning and losing an election. By voting for a third party you are telling the major parties what you want them to be like next time.

Please don't waste your vote. Go for the lesser of two evils (or third party)

Santorum dropped out a while ago fyi and what the bear said

Plus you can't complain if you don't vote