Vote.
I was a student at the University of New Hampshire during the time of the 2000 election and the 2004 election campaigning season.
(It was a complete zoo...sometimes a strange zoo, sometimes a fun one. How any of us got our work done is beyond me. I once had to go through a metal detector that had been set up while I was in class because candidates were in the building.)
If there's one thing I learned, it is this: Someone is going to win.
For better or worse, it's going to be someone.
Another thing I learned is that like it or not, we live in a two party system. (Some elections have shown great support for a third party and a third party helps to raise issues, but doesn't have the funds to campaign strongly.)
We have a responsibility to vote. We may not love the total platform of a candidate and that's okay.
If you are thinking of not voting, consider this: Your "absent vote" is really a vote for the person you least want to win.
And someone will win. Even if you don't like any of the candidates!
If you don't usually vote: reconsider.
If you're not registered to vote: register.
If you're not sure where your voting place is: find out.
If you're not sure who to vote for: get educated.
(It was a complete zoo...sometimes a strange zoo, sometimes a fun one. How any of us got our work done is beyond me. I once had to go through a metal detector that had been set up while I was in class because candidates were in the building.)
If there's one thing I learned, it is this: Someone is going to win.
For better or worse, it's going to be someone.
Another thing I learned is that like it or not, we live in a two party system. (Some elections have shown great support for a third party and a third party helps to raise issues, but doesn't have the funds to campaign strongly.)
We have a responsibility to vote. We may not love the total platform of a candidate and that's okay.
If you are thinking of not voting, consider this: Your "absent vote" is really a vote for the person you least want to win.
And someone will win. Even if you don't like any of the candidates!
If you don't usually vote: reconsider.
If you're not registered to vote: register.
If you're not sure where your voting place is: find out.
If you're not sure who to vote for: get educated.
posted by Elizabeth | 11:14 PM
1 Comments:
I respectfully disagree, Elizabeth.
People who don't care, aren't informed, aren't paying attention, or don't understand, as well as people who don't believe in democracy, or are pro-abortion, should not vote.
Anyone who needs to be talked into voting probably doesn't need to be voting.
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