79 of the 119 anti-Trump protesters arrested in Portland last week likely didn't vote

Like I said, we deserve who we elect, good or bad.

 

How do you know what party affiliation the people who got arrested are with?

 

Yep. I'm an affluent white male and my wife and I both work in the energy industry. We've voted against our best interests for... 16 years now because we want every level of our society to have great opportunities to find and maintain success and equality.

But... if those I'm voting for don't show up or cancel out my vote by voting against their own best interests; worse, if they irresponsibly abandon their own cause, rendering it an empty revolution... you sleep in the bed, and all....

 

Probably the only time I was all "Preach on!!!" during a Stephen A Smith rant.

 

I'd imagine that those arrested, mostly for property crimes, are more likely to be anarchist leaning than anythign else.

 

Extreme left is a bunch of anarchists.

 

Oregon went to Clinton anyway. And, by 10 percentage points. Pretty sure 80 votes wouldn't have made a lick of difference. Don't see how their voting behavior has anything to do with the protest.

 

Those people are just a representative sample of the people who are dissatisfied with the election results but did not vote, they have nothing to complain about.

 

Although I get OP's point, the First Amendment is not linked to voting. Wanna go for the Second Amendment now? "X didn't vote, so he has no Second Amendment rights"?

 

Oregon went to Clinton anyway. Piling up votes wouldn't have moved the election at all. But it doesn't matter anyway. Voting isn't a prerequisite to anything.

 

Ah, your point was that they don't vote, and if they did, things would be different. I think Juan Valdez put that claim to rest. Oregon went Democratic.

 

Leaving aside the fact that their vote for President for all intents and purposes means nothing in a solidly blue state, maybe they're protesting the fact that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were our two choices.

 

If they were really adamant about the situation the protesting and rioting would have began when the DNC nominated Clinton. It's that simple.

 

Its based on principle. I would be a little more sympathetic if they were having a peaceful nondisruptive protest.

This is your logic BTW; Oregon went to Clinton, so their votes wouldn't have mattered. Since Oregon will go to Hillary, why should anyone bother to show up to vote?
Rarely does a singular vote have an impact. We vote not so much because its our civic duty, but because we are standing up for what we believe in the system that was designed to elect people who represent us.

 

Of course I know Hillary won Oregon, but I am sure there are voters like that in states like Florida and other states where the race is very close. If everyone is like that, why does anyone bother to vote?