I voted, for the first time, I'm 33 but I did go and vote, even tho Ron Paul wasn't on the ballot. I did not vote for the "winner" in this election.

If the "pre-determined" theory is true, that would explain why Obama took the piss on the first presidential debate.
Maybe at that time, he knew he'd win anyway and thought, "yeah this b.s". But after having the public take such notice to his behavior, Tptb told him to give the American citizens a show thereafter.
Conspiracy theory!!!!!!!!

I live in Texas.
I voted not so much for the presidential side of things, but for the other races and issues in my county that make a difference. It wasn't that my presidential vote would not matter, though my county typically goes blue; it was more a flip of the bird to the entrenched reds of the state that I voted _against_. So if you will, most of my vote was a protest vote against my state's stupidity. (Yes like everything else in Texas, stupidity is big too.)

M.

I am always afraid it is going to be the anti Christ?

My reason for staying home on voting day:
I live in Canada, I sent in an absentee vote

I'm not sure if it has been said, but tally my reason as "I consider myself my own ruler, this election was not my election."

For context, mytheroy's answer/link regarding corporate citizenship and my answer should occupy the same slice of the pie chart. You might call it "Issues of Sovereignty."

Some of us just feel so removed from the whole political charade that voting is not even an option, as the belief is strong that our votes do not count for squat. We believe the entire system is defunct and by not voting we are making the most powerful non violent statement that you can make.

4. Because it is all a deception and the powers that be determine the outcome anyway.

On a side note, why don't you have a "I don't care" option. I imagine most people in America who didn't vote, didn't vote because they just didn't care