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Worth noting that those rights were not won by merely voting, let alone merely voting for milquetoast candidates...
They were won by rather more extreme measures, precisely because merely voting didn't accomplish the goals.
Stonewall was a riot. Women were beaten and arrested for trying to vote.
I may take someone else's advice and firebomb a coal power plant because it's more fun and effective than voting.