According to International IDEA, the United States has almost the lowest voter turnout in the world, ranked a measly 140 out of 163. Perhaps Americans are apathetic, or maybe they’re just concerned their vote is meaningless in the face of America's massive political machine. Can my vote really change the course of politics, or am I just a grain of sand on the massive beach of democracy?
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Face the Facts. Increasingly Your Vote Doesn't Matter
- From Rob Nelson
By Rob Nelson - Activist/Author/TV Personality
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National vs local elections
I'll never vote in a presidential election again. Any system that, after more than 200 years of practice produces two terms of GWB is obviously severely broken. Perhaps once it gets repaired (heh) I'll consider taking part in it again.
However, local matters are a completely different ball of wax. Our votes on local issues actually do matter because the majority of votes truly decides the issue. Local issues determine most of our tax load, our kids' education, our local infrastructure, etc. In short, local elections matter the most. And in local elections, yes, our votes do matter.
- JackNYC September 4, 2008 5:52AM
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Not Only Bush
It isn't about just Bush either. Many couldn't believe Clinton got two terms either.
This country has been in the throws of no choice politics for a while. The division of the populace on issues and policies has been quite aparant for some time. It goes deep. It has taken this new depression we now have, to even start to bring people together.
The acid test will be wether Obama will fix the human rights violations perpetrated by the Bush monarchy, in the name of Homeland Security. Bush has focused far too much power into one small cluster of people, to be good.
I can appreciate Bush's intent, but like many things, he is far from the mark, in sensible execution. We severely need transparancy to be put back into the government. Accountability and responsibility, used to be the hallmark of the Republican party.
On the scale of things is seems more and more that the Republicans are the same as the old Democrats, and the Dems are clones of the old Republicans.
Makes one wonder as to why the role switch has happened in politics.
- tomcat2200
October 17, 2008 1:28PM
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