Your vote for president doesn't, unless you vote with the majority in your state. Otherwise, they change your vote to whomever the collective drones in line for.
Hate to break it to ya but if everybody would quit assuming that the vote is going to one presidential candidate or another we would probably see some major changes in electoral college votes. I would bet that many of the Oklahoma youth would have voted for Obama (because they are idiots) but they didn't vote at all. They could have even swung a few counties probably.
But more importantly is all those that refuse to vote are doing theirselves an injustice in the local community. Judges, county commissioners, tax rates, and bonds are all set at the local level. so if you don't get out and express your opinion in the way that matters you can't *****