Why do people bother voting and then moan and groan about who they elected and have done so for years?

Question

No matter what party is in they all seem to make us miserable and waste our money and yet like fools we fall for their banter and lies,why oh why do we do it? i vow i will never vote for anyone again as none of them is worth my time

Answer 1

I don't know why people play elections, either, but given that they do not like the performance of those who are elected, then I guess that they do have a right to complain. Isn't this something to do with freedom of expression?

Some say that "if you elected them then it is your own fault" and that "if you did not participate in voting, then it is also your fault"!

Lacks the reality of recognising that sometimes advertised products do not measure up to the advertising blurb and we might just trash it. So sometimes, we may elect a politician, and he does not perform in accordance with his promises, but we are not able to trash him for a few years, but he can do quite an amount of damage in that time, and despite his shady performance, still gets to keep the cash.

Vote or don't vote, as you will, but if you are dissatisified with your elected representatives, let them know, and see if they can't be brought to heel. Don't let anyone tell you that you have no right to complain if you are not being served.

Answer 2

It's human nature to bash the ones at the top. According to most people we have never had an honest politition in America, but still we go on.
In a large factory all the workers know that those at the top are dishonest, and take advantage of the poor workers, while socking away millions.
This has been going on since the beginning of time, and will continue forever.
There are many who use their office for personel gain, and to fatten up their friends, but, be honest, you'd do the same thing if you were in office. Friends come before strangers.
So, my advice to you is - - - next election go to the polls, vote out all the cheats and crooks, and vote in a new batch of cheats and crooks.

Answer 3

if you dont vote you cant complain.
I'll bet if you were denied the right to vote you would be the first one on the picket line screaming about how unfair it is. I vote if anything just for the fact that my forefathers were denied the right to do so and had to fight so long just to be recognized as people let alone be granted the right to vote.
We are in the quagmire we are in now cause so many have adopted the mindset you have and have chosen not to exercise thier right to vote. If all these people that whine and complain about how terrible the state of our government was would vote politicians would be more inclined to take heed to our demands instead of giving us lip service. I don't think as long as I have been alive the voter turnout for any election has ever been above 50 percent but people constantly complain about the state of our government. Why should they strive to meet our demends when we don't even take the responsibility and go to the polls

Answer 4

People do this everywhere I think. It's the old, *we ain't happy unless we have something to grouse about* mentality. Right now in the UK we are going through that with Tony Blair and I always say to the people moaning *then why did you vote for him if he's doing so badly?* They never have an answer.

I can't wait to see who in nominated for president in 2008 because if you think about it there really is no one at all that is capable in any party and the off shoots are even worse.

Maybe it is time for the people to take gov't back and set things right again if that is even possible.

And you Americans? Don't let the other countries get to you with thier crap either, they aren't doin' any better.

Answer 5

Heh, with some people there's no winning. If you vote, they say you bought into the process and should support whoever wins. If you don't vote, they say you didn't speak up when it mattered, so you have no right to complain.

Both views are nonsense. We have freedom of speech, we're entitled to complain as much as we want. Indeed, if we don't like what the people in power are doing, it's arguably our patriotic duty to complain about 'em.

I don't vote for candidates of either of the two major parties. Both parties have proven to me that they're unacceptable. However, even if I had voted for Bush, I think there are plenty of reasons why I could have a legitimate beef with him. For example, he promised that he'd have a "humble foreign policy", and that's one of the things I liked best about him when he was a candidate.

Has he delivered? Er.... not quite.

Answer 6

So what's the alternative then? If you don't want to vote than at least have another plan. What do you suggest; a dictatorship? I know what you mean about us moaning about those we elected but I think it's really ignorant to think that not voting is the best alternative.

Answer 7

In order to get us out to the polls candidates entice us by appealing to certain of our interests and how they'll serve them. Once in term, these officials have to compromise these interests at times (if they intended to keep their resolve on these issue at all), and at a snapshot, a typical voter might determine that these people aren't keeping their word, or becoming part of the machinery. Sometimes this negotiating and compromising is necessary, sometimes its a case of an inability to be effective, sometimes its because other interests (for example, personal power) take greater precedence.

It's better to view a candidate over a longer stretch of time, in context, and judging their overall effectiveness, as a representative. However, sometimes we don't, can't or, when certain issues predominate (Iraq invasion), won't.

Then the next election cycles around and a challenger promises to strive for our interests, the incumbent highlighs where he/she did and promises to continue...

Answer 8

I think at the end of the day, politics is somewhat a case of 'best of a bad bunch'. I think by voting, though, you have the right to moan. What annoys me is people who don't vote and then criticise, as I think this loses them the right to have a say, as you could have made a difference but chose not to.

Answer 9

If u dont vote u are not entitled to complain. By not voting against a person or party u are automatically increasing their chances of getting elected so u might just say you voted for them

Answer 10

I find voting a waste of time now because Bush cheated two times and got away with it. Money/power = Win.