Whether for Obama, or "Nobama", whether you think McCain is the best candidate yet, or will die of old age once in office, it is still no excuse for not driving to the polls Tuesday morning. Whoever decides not to vote is obviously so ignorant to not realize that there are millions of people around the world young and old that would die for the chance to vote in a completely free democracy with a fair count. They are compeltely ignoring the free rights our Founding Fathers fought to give us and set up for us in the Consitution. I would much rather the candidate I am not voting for win by votes of the previously apathetic than them to not vote at all.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Election 2008
The most important aspect of the 2008 election is the voter apathy that is rampant in the youth today. Countless people I know, have come into contact with, or even celebrity interviews I have read have reinforced the fact that many and most of the adolescents just don't care enough to vote.
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I agree that one of the biggest issues of the election is for everyone with the ability to vote. When you don't vote, then you can't complain about anything because you didn't use your right to vote to express your opinion.
I agree that the voter turnout in this country is bad, but its not just teens. Also if your not going to be educated on the different candidates than voting for someone just to vote is even worse, in my opinion.
I also think that actually getting out there and voting is one of the biggest issues of the election. There are people who still to this day do not have the right to vote and our soldiers fought in order for us to live in a free country where we can choice who is in power. It's almost a diss to our past to not go out and vote.
That is a great post and I totally agree, our generation is so apathetic about the election and we just think someone else will just take care of everything for us. This just shows how spoiled and self centered we are. I hope a lot of youths come our to vote this.
It is upsetting when the youth of America do not vote. It is us that will have to live with the repercussions from whoever gets elected, and when someone has an apathy about that and does not seem to care about our future...it really is upsetting.
I agree that voter turnout is a big issue. But i also am displeased in the way we do it in this country because with the electoral college the popular vote doesnt always win which is completely unconstitutional.
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