what do you think
2006-10-19 12:06:19 · 25 answers · asked by Youdontneedto know 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Democracy & freedom makes us lazy.
2006-10-19 12:09:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think so few people vote in the US because the process does not engage most people. Economic power has a great influence on who is selected to run.
Our Courts have determined that this amounts to free speech protected by the Constitution. The power of wealth cannot be effectively curtailed with laws right now.
Still, this has the upside of giving us a very stable political system. But it is dominated by social elites. Some have suggested ways to involve the public more. I like the idea of making it so potential candidates could get time on the tv, radio and internet for no charge if they gathered a few hundred signatures for say a city council spot.
This would make getting involved in politics and voting easier and less irrelevant. The airwaves are owned by the public (FCC) right?
2006-10-19 19:27:03 · answer #2 · answered by jsb3t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most are eat up with apathy and too lazy to go and vote. The ones that do vote will vote the party and the people that actually take time to research the candidates feel they don't have a chance of their vote making a difference because of the over abundance of stupid people here.
2006-10-19 19:13:36 · answer #3 · answered by Chuck C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? I don't know what age you are, but I am over 50 and have never voted, you say, why?, well everyone that runs for public office runs with the same promise. It has been this way for as long as I can remember and instead of getting better things just get worse every year. It is really funny to listen to all these people tell the faults of the ones they are running against. If the people are so bad, why do they wait until election year to try and do something about them? And Uncle Sam and his group already know who they are going to put in office before the elections even start. Use common sense, Hawaii is about 3 hours ahead of us in time, so that means that they tell who has won the election for President before the polls in Hawaii even close. Any more questions
2006-10-19 19:25:28 · answer #4 · answered by PREACHER'S WIFE 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think a lot of US citizens who can vote don't vote because they feel their vote won't be counted anyway, and I tend to agree. They say that one vote can make a difference, then what about the electoral college? What the heck is it anyway, and what about the hanging chads. It's all coming out in the end the way the players of the game want it to, so why waste time when you really don't have a voice. I believe our election process is a joke. Every single vote from every single voter should be counted before victory or defeat can be sworn. Don't count the majority of the votes because mine may not be in the majority, but if you count them all, mine will surely be effective.
2006-10-19 19:11:44 · answer #5 · answered by Special K 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Combination of laziness, not knowing the issues they are voting for, dont think that their vote counts, or honestly couldnt care less. Sad that women and minorities worked so hard to get themselves the right to vote and many arent even registered to vote :(
2006-10-19 19:15:18 · answer #6 · answered by Kristin Pregnant with #4 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are ignorant and lazy. People died to give us the right to vote. It's a privilege that many others do not have. Get out there and vote everyone. Yes, every vote is important.
2006-10-19 19:14:43 · answer #7 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A combination of things--they think their vote won't matter, they feel disenfranchised, they're lazy.
Interesting statistic: If only one more person in every precinct had voted for Nixon, he would have won the presidency against Kennedy. So one vote really can count.
2006-10-19 19:14:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
many people don`t vote because they feel their vote does not matter others are so fed up with all the b/s that they just gave up and a large percent of the US population are convicted felons and are unaware the can get their right to vote back.the last poll done on convicted felons showed 30% of the US population has a felony record and it is going up each year.
2006-10-19 19:24:17 · answer #9 · answered by steamroller98439 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its because most of the people that live in the US take everything for granted. They dont realize how much one vote can do, so they dont and I believe it is very important to make an opinion. EVERYONE should!
2006-10-19 19:09:55 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is that 50% who don't vote think that it won't make a difference, and 40% think they don't know enough to pick the right candidate, and the last 10% are lazy.
2006-10-19 19:10:37 · answer #11 · answered by Southbaymax 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋