I t’s been almost a year since November 8 2016 the day I came into shul a few minutes before Minchah walked over to my friend Dovid and asked “Nu Dovid did you vote yet?”
His response was expected. “Nah I never vote. What’s the point? You think my vote makes a difference either way?”
I looked at Eli who was sitting right next to Dovid and asked the same question. His response was similar to Dovid’s but his reasoning was a bit different: “I don’t vote because I’m not into politics.”
Truth be told prior to my employment at Agudath Israel I would have given the same answer as either Dovid or Eli. To many of us voting is only for those who are into politics. It’s a type. Many of us view politics like spectator sports: some are basketball fans others hockey and some follow politics. If you’re not a baseball fan you don’t follow baseball; if you’re not a politics fan then you just don’t vote.
