A reader who is a religious conservative writes:

I told some friends yesterday (and I’m serious) that I’m finished casting votes in anything beyond statewide elections. I’ll vote in all the local stuff, and some of the stuff limited to my state. But that’s it. And I don’t mean that I might vote for a Democrat or Independent now. I mean – I’m not going to vote in national elections, period. I will not vote for my National Rep. I will not vote for my Senators. I will not vote for President.

I plugged my nose and voted for the GOP candidate in 2008 and 2012. Note that those two were two of the most vocal voices stomping out the Arizona bill. And this is important – they did it in a way to intimidate other states from coming up with good versions of the general idea (some limited form of free association in an actually diverse populace.)

They don’t support the small family farm (I work in IT, but there are over 300 acres in our family, owned by my grandfather, and I’d rather be able to manage that than work for a corporation). They don’t care one way or another about religious concerns. So why should I care about them?

I doubt I’m starting a trend, but there’s just no point in someone like me casting a vote….

I wrote in a presidential vote in 2008, and didn’t vote at all for president in 2012, much for the same reason. What about you, my social and religious conservative readers? Does this reader speak for you? Are you tempted by his conclusion? Why or why not?