After the recent primary elections, there was a recount today for a local office, in our small town. The winner unofficially won by 15 votes. After the recount, the winner was officially declared by 14 votes.
In this vein, think of the friends of either candidate. If only 15 for the winner stayed home, their candidate would not have won. The same rings true for the loser. If only 15 more people showed up at the polls, instead of staying home, that candidate would be the winner today.
You may look at this as just a local race in a small town, but multiply that by all the people who think their single vote won't count, especially in a presidential race. Of course the totals are much bigger, and the margins are much bigger, but add it all up, and all of your votes might make the difference. Presidential races are lost by thousands, but when there are thousands of people out there who think their vote won't count...think again!
That's what I did on Day 29!
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