Highest Voter Turnout in History

So today is expected to be the highest voter turnout in US History (percentage-wise). To me, that’s exciting. Maybe it’s the blogs, the MySpace, the Facebook, the YouTube… whatever the reason, it’s awesome. And many of you have asked for whom I voted.

I voted for change. Even though many people would argue that your own vote doesn’t matter, and I actually read an article yesterday saying that the odds of your one vote being the deciding factor in the election are about 1 in 60M, depending on the state you’re in.

If that’s the case, why vote? And why is everybody rushing to the polls? Because like me, I think people are voting for change. No matter for whom they are voting, we are all sending a message saying that things in America aren’t too good right now, and we expect change, no matter who takes office. We’re voting not for Obama or Mc Cain, but letting it known that we, as Americans, do care, and are doing our part to get involved. Especially here in Hawaii, where our vote is arguably the least important of anybody else’s, and has historically had the lowest voter turnout in the country, it’s our job to let Washington and the mainland know that we are an active part of the US, and we do care and are involved with what goes on in our government.

So especially here in Hawaii, I believe everybody should get out there and vote, if for no other reason to be a statistic, one more person who voted. Let them know that Hawaii isn’t as far away, cut off, and apathetic about the mainland as everybody thinks.

So yeah, I voted. But for whom, it doesn’t matter. What’s important is the message that I’m sending. Plus, if it doesn’t turn out how I like it, because I voted I have once again earned my license to bitch, complain, make fun of, and criticize whoever does become President, because at least I know I did what I could to change America.

Still need a reason? Here’s the second installment of the 5 Friends/ Don’t Vote campaign that we posted a while ago. But this one’s better – it’s got Borat. And Harrison Ford. And according to them, it was only 537 votes that decided the 2000 election. So you’ve still got time most places, but you’d better hurry! Vote, damnit!