In American style representative democracy there certainly are places where voting is useless depending on your political affiliation.

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johnnyanmac a day ago | parent | next [-]

Useless because everyone around you genuinely thinks differently from you? Or useless because said 70+ yo retired asset owners with more means to vote without more than the working class?

Big difference in issue. You can't gerrymander a local bill so those kinds of votes are arguably more important than nationals. And you'd be surprised how big a difference a visit with a few dozen of your peers can make to a townhall meeting. That's something we seem to forget until our backs are truly to a wall.

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bpodgursky a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Only if you are too stubborn to register as the dominant party and vote in the primary.

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DarmokTanagra 21 hours ago | parent [-]

"Voting works, you just need to compromise your beliefs and pretend to be someone that hates everything you believe in to participate!"

Hallmark of a healthy democracy.

	▲	bpodgursky 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think that's an exaggeration, everyone does this in a FPTP system. I've never voted for a candidate in any party I particularly liked, you just pick the closest.