Voted Most Likely Not to Vote

The Quill sisters do not write blogs about politics because we know you have no interest in our political opinions and, frankly, most of the time we have no interest in our political opinions but – today’s blog is about polling. 

That’s the hard part! You already did the hard part!

I find it a great mystery as to why a person would answer their phone, speak to a poll taker and then embarrass the voting eligible human race with the following:

Question: Hello, are you registered to vote?

Answer: Why yes, yes I am.

Question: Have you selected the candidate you would vote for?

Answer: Yes – it’s                                   (it doesn’t matter who).

Now, I think the polling should end right there – except no, it doesn’t end right there.  The poll taker asks another inexplicable question.

Question: Are you likely to vote come Election Day? 

Nov 6, 2012

Why in the world does that question even need to be asked?  The person is registered to vote and they have expressed a preference for one of the candidates.  That should be the end of it!  Right!?

But no . . . it’s not.

Answer: No, I’m not likely to actually vote.

Who in god’s name is registered to vote, has selected a candidate and then tells another human being that they are too freakin’ lazy to bother to actually vote?????????

Who does that?  Who are these people?  How does the poll person not start shouting at them? I would.

Poll Person: No disrespect – but are you an idiot?  You’re registered to vote, have selected a candidate but you’re not actually going to vote in the election?  Are you kidding me? 

Then, what does the person say?  How can they actually defend themselves after saying something so stupid? 

Idiot Non-Likely Voter: “No need to get hostile.  I am registered to vote, I have selected a candidate but I’m terribly busy that day.  I can’t be expected to keep an open calendar once every four years for fifteen minutes to vote for president of the United States.  Geez, I have a life.

It’s next Tuesday. I can call and remind you if needed.

Apologizes to Amylynn, I drove her nuts about this all day.  But really, who is registered to vote, picks a candidate and then says they aren’t going to vote???  Who does that? 

I need to lie down.