To those of voting age, wherever you live, do you vote if you can do so?

Question

I vote, usually in Presidential and State elections, and in my town's mayoral elections. I only skip doing so if I'm really sick or have urgent matters to attend to.

Do you vote, and do you learn as much as you can about the candidates in the elections?

Answer 1

I am 58 years old. I have been a registered voter since my 18th birthday. I have missed only 1 election in all these years. I was in the emergency room with a serious neck injury. It is every citizens right and responsibility to vote. If you don't vote, you have no say in the future or course of your country. Neither do you have any right to complain about politicians or the the laws that pass and the effect they have on your life.

Get out there and VOTE ...It's only your future that is at stake.

Answer 2

Yes I always vote! I study the issues and the candidates!

We have a great system, even though the overwhelming number of voters rarely understand any of the issues or know much, if anything, about their candidate of choice.

The genius of our system is that just by sheer statistical probability, we always tend to elect enough people on the right side of an issue to offset those on the wrong side of an issue.

Although I believe that I am much better suited to determine how people should vote or think or act, I won't allow my own bias to prevent someone from disagreeing with me publicly. If I believe I am that smart, I should believe that I have the ability to inform and sway enough people to agree with me that they would vote the way I do, without having to resort to physical force.

Whether you vote or not, you have the right to complain, speak out, disagree, etc. We should never subscribe to the belief that we must give up one right if we don't exercise another. You have the right to vote or not vote, anytime you want.

As long as both sides of an issue are allowed to be expressed, tyranny can not flourish.

Answer 3

Yes. Always.

But, I'm afraid that the more computerized our voting machines get, the less they'll count. I think America should run our elections like the Iraqis did. Writing out our choices by hand, ballots counted by committees with representatives of all parties, photo ID's required to vote and thumbs dipped in purple ink when we're done.

There are no matters more urgent than voting. People around the world are willing to risk death for the right.

Answer 4

I don't vote any more. I did vote in every primary and general election from 1988 to 2002 and in many of the other specialized elections which occured at other times. But right after 2002, I decided that I didn't want to vote any more. I'm sick of judicial activism. I'm tired of the thought that the Supreme Court can order a state to stop counting ballots. I'm sick and tired of the Supreme Court striking down laws which they have no business striking down.

Answer 5

I do vote. And thank goodness that the local paper around election time runs information on all parties running in all the races...whether local or national so that someone can get a real good idea of where a candidate stands.

My mother on the other hand is the only one in my immediate family that doesn't. She used to use the excuse that she didn't want to get called for jury duty...for some reason she thought if you registered the county would call you for jury duty. I informed her recently that it's linked to your DMV records. Still, she really hasn't given a good excuse for not voting, other than the lame excuse that "we live in a free country and that give me the right NOT to vote"....blah blah blah....excuses excuses.

Answer 6

Oh, excellent question! Wish I could give you 10 points for it.

Yes, and yes.

I was astonished to hear a young woman ask, AFTER the 2004 election, "you mean President Bush is against abortion?" Yep, she voted. My former assistant insisted that she was a dedicated liberal - but had *no* idea who Hamas or Hezbollah were....and she was a senior in college.

We are so fortunate to live in a country where we *do* get to vote, but sadly, we are extremely apathetic about it. If the only reason you're voting for someone is because you recognize the name, DON'T VOTE. Freedom comes with responsibility.

Friends don't let friends vote stupid!

Have a great night.

Answer 7

Yes I vote, usually for certain ones only. For instance, I voted in our governer's election and certain propositions, but i dont vote for everything. Only those items that I feel comfortable about or feel that I received enough information on. I do vote every election and I definitely plan to vote for our presidential election next year.

Answer 8

I ALWAYS vote in every election and ALWAYS for the Republican candidate. I also donate to the RNC every penny that I can spare.
I have received 6 Christmas cards from George and Laura, autographed pictures, and most recently, a George and Laura 2007 calender.

Answer 9

Yes I do. I also try to find out as much about a candidate as possible so I can make an informed vote.

Answer 10

I'm 22/m/Ohio. Ive been voting since Ive had the chance. i haven't missed any elections that I'm aware of. i may not always be the most informed voter, but I'm not voting with blinders on. technically I'm a republican...at least that's the way a lot of my voting goes..however i always sign in as independent. i vote for the quality of the individual and not the animal they represent.