If your permitted to, do you vote in your own countries elections? Is it compulsory in your country to vote? Do you always vote the same party?

[mysteriousNicholas]

[FunkyMonkee]

No, you don't HAVE to vote but I try to do so.
No, I vote according to who will do the best job.

[Anonymous]

It's not compulsory but I don't like voting. Sometimes I do it, usually for the same party.

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks for the MHO

[mysteriousNicholas]

Cheers buddy 🍻😀

[mysteriousNicholas]

Say no to beer and yes to water or soda pop 🥤😋

[mysteriousNicholas]

Or failing that, a shake 😋🥤🤝 lol

[Opinion Owner]

Of course, water or juice, cheers buddy 🍹 :D

[Tarifa]

My situation is a bit strange in this respect. I moved out of my native country in my early 20s, but have kept my original nationality. Obtaining double nationality is not an option, although now I could, at least in theory, apply for the nationality of my new country of residence. Which entails losing my original nationality.

I can only vote for the local elections in my country of residence (municipality level). That's optional, but I do like to vote. I think that if you are given the right to vote, you have a moral obligation to do so if you want to participate in the political decision making. I see many people who don't vote, but then they think they have a right critisize the elected. That doesn't make sense to me. I can't vote for the national government, although they are the ones who decide what to do with the taxes I pay.

I also have the obligation to vote in the country I was born in, as voting is compulsory. So my vote goes out to the national government, although I have almost no benefits in doing so.

[WindAtMyBack]

1) I vote but not on everything. For example in the 2024 presidential election I did not vote for president. I always vote against all taxes without even reading them. I don't usually vote on local political candidates because I don't known enough about them. I sometimes vote on propositions, but only if I've spent a reasonable amount of time researching them.

2) No, it is not compulsory in the US. If they made it compulsory, I would quit voting out of protest.

3) I usually, but not always, vote for the same party. Plus there are many positions that don't have a party listed, for example judges. I'm not part of any party. There aren't any that I like. I just vote the lesser of the evils which is usually the same party.

4) I'll add one more. When I used to move around a lot, I never voted on strictly local issues. If I just moved there, and probably would not live there long, I did not feel like I should vote on things that could affect long term residents for years to come.

[msmissydc]

Its not compulsory its permitted, so of course I vote. I want democracy so I have to use it. I do not always vote the same party though. Especially the first vote is often just a vote out of spite against those that get elected anyway.

[DryGermanGuy]

Independent voter here. I vote for the conservatives and the social democrats roughly the same. Sometimes I vote for the smaller kingmaker parties.

[Anonymous]

Yes I do. It’s not compulsory. I have always voted on the same party but next time I’ll vote for another one.

[RedInnocent69]

Yes. No. There have been exceptions