Title: Your Vote Doesn't Count - Fact or Myth?
Headings: Your Vote Doesn’t Count
Your Vote Doesn’t Count Myth
Does My Vote Really Count?
Ways in Which Your Vote Counts or Doesn’t Count, Directly or Indirectly
Understanding the Constitution and State-based Custom of the Republic Regarding Democracy
Making Sense of the The Many Ways in Which Your Vote Does or Doesn’t Count
Your Vote Counts in Many Different Races in Each Election in General
Examples of the Ways in Which Voting Matters in a Given Region
A Summary of How Your Vote Counts, Including the Ways it Counts in a Presidential Election
How Does the President Get Elected? – The Electoral College Explained: How Does the Voting Process Work With the Popular Vote, Delegates, and Electors for Presidential Elections?
A Summary of Why Voting Matters on a Federal, State, and Local Level
Voting, the Republic, and Voter Fraud – When and How Your Vote Does or Doesn’t Count
How Does My Vote Count?
Why is Voting in the Presidential Election Important?
Does it Matter if I Vote?
Do I Have to Vote?
Not Voting Matters Too
Did People Always Have the Right to Vote?
Your Civic Duty V. Your Liberty and Rights
And Now, a Quick Message From Our Founders – An Informed Electorate in a Representative Democratic Republic
Conclusion
Citations

Content: The people cast advisory votes for the President and Vice President in the general election, but those positions are officially elected by “state-based electors” via a “ state-based winner-take-all ” system (a system in which appointed electors elect the President by considering the popular vote in each state). In other words, the popular vote is an advisory vote, but it is tradition (and in some cases state law) for electors to follow state-based popular votes to decide Presidential and Vice Presidential elections, but officially, according to the Constitution, the electors alone make the choice (see an essay on “faithless electors” ). TIP: Presidential and Vice Presidential elections are won by getting a majority of electoral Votes. Currently, that means getting a 270 majority of electoral votes out of a potential 538 (see a detailed explanation of the process below). All federal Executive positions and most Judicial positions are voted on or appointed by officials, not the people. [ 6] This being one of many reasons why “your vote matters.” Most Federal Agencies, including executive agencies with Federal Power, are led by officials who are appointed and then confirmed by Congress. Meanwhile many who work in those agencies are appointed or hired. All federal legislation is created and voted on by the Legislative branch, not the people.