officials? I was taught from a very young age that if you don't exercise your right to vote, you give up your right to complain. Anyone agree with that? This is a 2 part question. Please respond to both parts. Thanx in advance!
2007-01-26 07:23:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I was taught the same thing...by parents that did not vote. If you choose not to use the right you have to vote, as an adult, then absolutely don't complain.
I vote; registered voter for over 20 years.
2007-01-26 07:34:36 · answer #1 · answered by Enchanted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone who has informed themselves about the issues and candidates should vote if they have a preference.
But I disagree with the idea that you lose your right to complain if you don't vote. Perhaps you didn't feel good about either candidate -- in that case, it might be more appropriate not to vote rather than choosing "the lesser of two evils."
Secondly, there are plenty of folks in this country who are not allowed to vote due to their age, pending citizenship, legal issues, etc... I think they have a right to complain, too, as they're all part of the public that the gov't is serving.
Anyway, part of complaining is trying to think up better ways of doing things. I'd hate to eliminate that part of the process.
The founders of the USA didn't vote, but they still complained enough to have a revolution. ;)
All that said... I agree that it's annoying to hear very passive people complain -- the kind of people who couldn't be bothered to do something as simple as voting, yet insist everyone ELSE should have done something about it. So, I think I understand your point.
2007-01-26 07:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by pixelscapes 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In a way i am.
But at the same time i wonder if it isn't a waist of my time. I mean for real i live in a mostly republican white area and had several friends tell me they just weren't voting because they are die hard Republicans so they don't vote for Dem's but they didn't want to vote for bush. I just don't understand how someone that was hated in the first election and won gets voted in again when half of the people that voted for him last time didn't vote at all or voted another way. It feels like we don't have the right to vote they just tell us that to make us feel better and the way politics are going now i don't really feel like anybody is being listened to. I might keep voting but i am looking for an alternative because i'm tired of being ignored.
2007-01-26 07:48:45 · answer #3 · answered by kaluah96 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly while it comes right down to it our votes have little or no to do with the approach. our votes for our state rep on the different hand are what count huge variety. a president might win the states vote yet that does no longer imply the states rep will vote that way. it extremely is the reps that count huge variety greater. some reps circulate with the states vote, some do no longer. extremely i see it as a lose/lose difficulty in case you finally end up with a jerk as a rep. and admittedly this previous presidental election replaced right into a shaggy dog tale besides. the two between the vast adult males have been idiots and slightly all people new the others that have been working. i did no longer vote by way of fact i wasn't pleased with the two of them. i do no longer think of balloting mattered. the U. S. replaced into screwed no count who they decide on.
2016-12-16 14:15:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the last election here in canada i found that a lot of people didn't vote becuase of the choices that were available. some people voted for parties that they didn't want in power just so the conservatives didn't have a majority. voting in the last election was bulls**t. a lot of people here that didn't vote know more about politics than most who did vote. being aware about politics is better than voting and knowing politics gives you the right to complain. if you're not turned on the politics then politics will turn on you.
2007-01-26 07:34:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree. If you don't vote, you have no say in the government. Therefore you have no right to complain. If you complain about President Bush but didn't vote in 2004, then you're out of line. You have no right to complain because you did nothing to keep him from winning a second term.
2007-01-26 07:29:59 · answer #6 · answered by EJHagen 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
... the problem in these times is it is a general feeling that voting wont change anything because we are not voting for the people that are pulling the strings ...im not saying not to vote ... but really ... what difference is it going to make in the direction our country is going when the problem lies deeper than choosing between two or three candidates that have been hand-picked and indoctrinated by a corrupt system ...
2007-01-26 07:30:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The constitution gives us the right to say what we want about whoever we want, although i do agree that if you don't vote you have no right to complain, but i also respect the right to an opinion
2007-01-26 07:29:53 · answer #8 · answered by ♫jmann♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people can't vote, such as those who were under 18 at the election.
Some people realize that since Bush steals elections anyway, it doesn't matter if they vote at all.
Next election won't matter because the democrats will win in a landslide, barring any major change in the way things are going before the next election.
2007-01-26 07:30:02 · answer #9 · answered by PopeJaimie 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
so does that mean since i voted (and not for bush) i can complain?!? lol. seriously tho, you're right, so many people dont vote, my bf didnt, but then again, for some reason, his voting place is almost a half hour from his house, while mine is 1/4mi away from mine. but your right, if you dont vote, you shouldnt get to complain.
so since i voted, i'll just complain louder for them!
2007-01-26 07:29:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋