I have not always voted. I started out voting every year. Then in California, I got confused. I also, though thinking of myself as informed by reading around issues, including Pro and Con arguments provided to California voters, have voted for some things that I regret. Such as, I regret voting for three strikes = life in prison. I sat it out for some time because I also felt that straight ticket, thoughtless party politics voting was beneath me. And because I felt that there was no one I was especially thrilled with.
I've come full circle to believing that voting needs to be exercised. I don't want to be part of the problem of people being elected and new rules going into effect simply because so few people voted.
Sometimes you have to give it your gut instinct or your best guess.
