re: #79 Anymouse

A good number of my neighbours have told me they will not vote. They are upset with Mr. Trump’s train-wreck of negative information.

I don’t encourage people not to vote, as I see that as opposed to my position of a village trustee. I want as many people to vote as are eligible, and Nebraska makes voting very easy.

As for my neighbours who do support Mr. Trump, they already know I am a flaming liberal, my sister is in a same-sex marriage, I’m an atheist, I edit erotic Romance novels, and they still reëlected me to the village board, even though I was stumping for raising village employee pay significantly above the state minimum wage. (The village has four paid employees: Library director, ass’t director, village clerk, village mechanic.)

There is a bit of nuance here. As far as I know, when I talk about Mr. Trump’s actual positions with voters in my village and ask someone to consider what the result of such a position might mean (like deporting the grandchildren of unlawful immigrants), many people have come to the conclusion here that he is an extremist.

I am not sure whether I am encouraging people to vote for Mrs. Clinton (doubtful) or encouraging people to not vote (more likely). I really do want people to exercise their vote, even for Mr. Trump. I feel that voting is a civic duty.

The fact that my ultra-conservative town elected then reëlected me shows that my overwhelmingly Republican village understands nuance as well.

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