Reasons Not To Vote in eUS Elections

Day 2,505, 11:35 • Published in USA USA • by eShades

If you don't vote:

1. You gain the right to not have a say in how we govern ourselves. 'Cuz @#$% expressing yourself.

2. You're likely to never have to get the free gold from congress medals (or, god forbid, country president medals). 'Cuz @#$% free gold.

3. You don't need to worry about ever becoming someone in this game. We all know our places. Some of us are just simple-minded clickers. 'Cuz @#$% thinking.

4. You don't need to worry about our bonuses. Or any foreign policy, including the fact that we were in that war with eCanada that you hated. Leave that to those politicians. 'Cuz @#$% involvement.

5. You will never have to debate with and disgrace those people in Congress. I mean, you could if you wanted. But no need to crush them.

6. You can't taunt political enemies. Or anyone, really. But why would you? That's demeaning. We don't find joy in that stuff on the Internetz.

7. When you get that message ending in "MrCarey, Party President," you could just reply, "I didn't vote for you and I'm a Titan with 70k strength." Because you find pride in being the same as everyone else.

8. You won't be subjugated into seeing the Country Administration area and have those big, powerful, annoying buttons.



On September 5th, 2014, we had elections to elect someone to represent the eUSA. The eUS tallied a combined total of 758 votes.
On August 5th, '14, the eUS tallied 792 votes.
On July 5th, the eUS tallied 892 votes.
In June, 1,113 votes. That's the beginning of summer, when activity starts to die down.



Between June 2014 and September 2014, there was a 38% drop in votes. We've just about reached the end of summer. On October 5th, 2013, we had 1,288 votes. Let's do it.



This is not an article about how the eUS is dying. We're not. The people here are awesome. The resources here are awesome. (Incidentally, check out biaxident's article on the easily-obtainable free stuff from our Top 5 Parties.) However, maybe you're an older player who has never had the opportunity to get into the political module. Perhaps you're a newer player who has not explored that side of eRepublik. Maybe you used to think it was impossible to achieve a seat in Congress. Your eLife will change if you get into it. Start slowly. Vote for CP on the 5th after reading a few of the candidates' articles (if you have time). If your party chooses whom it will support based on a primary (basically, party members vote to pick who ends up on the ballot), maybe figure out how that works.


The people in politics are the best to have played this game. They will definitely help you out because they know everything. Evry is basically there for you to annoy with economic questions, having served in various committees over the years (not just economic, btw). Rainy sunday, Cromstar, Oblige, scorn scorn, and John Largo are people who have been around the block many, many times. What makes them different from you? Just get involved and you'll find out how these peeps work and eventually, you'll have 18 congress medals like Arrden, a loyal USAF soldier who has served with the Black Sheep Party in each one of our six months in Congress, solely to help out our brand new, inexperienced Congress members. And we've had sixteen brand new, inexperienced Congress members (including myself) elected (with even more on the ballot) since our first term in Congress, back in March 2014.



There's a lot of fun aspects of the game you might be missing out on because of apathy. If you're spending your time (and even money, in some cases?) on this game, at least take all you can out of it. On October 5th, vote for your next eUS President. On October 15th, cast a vote to choose your party's President, who could lead you and your party to greatness. On October 25th, vote for Congress, the next big stepping stone for your political career. First, however, you have to join a political party that suits you, be it Charge per Seconds or...that's the only joke I got, sorry.


Is the Black Sheep Party right for you?

The Black Sheep Party has always been a party strictly supporting every player rather than a certain few. If you're interested, join us and get active!


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