What is your opinion on voting?

Question

Is it something we should do? Do you do it? If you don't, why not?

This is a part of a project for my class...so anything you can tell me about voting would be much appreciated...(about your first time voting, a meaningful experience, opinions..etc)

Feel free to be long winded and elaborate. Thank you for your help! I look forward to hearing all of your stories and views of voting.

Answer 1

The first time I could vote one had to be 21 years old. I was really excited! I could vote, I could have a say in policital matters for the 1st time in my life. It was a heady experience for most of the people of my age group.
I may have miss 1 election in all the years since; although I don't remember which it was. My husbands job took us many places through the U.S. & I may not have been able to register before a vote.
I vote! I feel it my duty, my right & don't take that lightly. Too many people have fought & died for my right to do so. I honor their memory for having done that for all of us. Some member of my family has fought in every war or Police Action that this country has been in; starting with the Revolution & now my Grandson is in basic training, we expect that he will go to Iraq unless we find a way out of this Police Action.
It is my belief that the Electoral College is out-dated & every persons vote should count. In my state the Electoral College gives the vote to the Republican Party, no matter how the people vote. Although we do have one person representing us in the Senate that is a Democrat, must have been a mistake!
If people don't vote; we could lose the right to vote. The powers that be could decided that an Electoral Collage could represent us in every election without our vote. Or perhaps the Supreme Court, as happened with Bush. VOTE! It is a duty that not enough people take advantage of doing.

Answer 2

Voting is a privilege, not a right. No one is born with the innate right to vote. As such, people should vote.
What I mean by that is to reinforce the tired old argument that asks, "Do you know how many men died in WWII for your right to vote?"
Having said that, voting is also not an obligation. If you're going to vote, make an informed decision! Don't just vote Republican or Democrat because your Daddy did, and if you don't like or support any candidate, don't vote! Voting is a choice, just like anything else.
If you can elaborate on that idea, you'll have a paper.

Answer 3

Voting allows you to express your opinion to the government. I think it is important that people vote. That being said, when an amendment is placed on the ballot and the people vote on it and it is either passed or defeated, to me the people have spoken. I hate the fact that the people who do not agree with the final vote, run to the courts and get the vote overturned or get laws passed that do an "end around" the amendment that was just voted on. That is when I feel that voting is a joke.

Answer 4

A vote, in america, is the expression of your confidence in an individual to be as compatable with your ideals as is possible under the limitations of candidates available to vote for.
Americas seat of power has historicaly been influenced by each eras majority-influence..untill recently, anyway.
America is a contensiouse govermental process globally because of that..we generate strife simply by existing, because of the effectiveness of instant information so prevelent today...and the far reaching affect of international trade and commerce.
Inherant american differences of opinions and pryoritys creat a rippel effect around the world, consequently. The fact that a country can rize to so influencial a place in world political circels with ever changeing leaders of popular president,congress, and representitives, challenges the lederships of foreign countrys universally.
Just the fact that we 'vote' our ultimate leaders into that position is an insult even today to a few ideologys. The concept of democracy is still developing, as we speek.
Yes, i vote. Yes, i served as i could, this country, its government, and its president, when it was expected of me to do so. And would still serve it , at 63 yrs old. In a heart beat.
And, i try not to be harsh or critical of those who did not serve, i try not to be caustic to those whos opinions differ from mine, and who act as rightous in there critisums of this nations agendas as if they have earned there rights in some other way.
Americans over-pay there political representitives, under-pay there servicemen and women, pruoritize there personal ideologys, minnimize there oposeing concepts, abide relitively well with majority rule, and attend with concern the wellbeing of nationalitys less modern and developed than our own.
I did once, ...not vote...becaues i didnt see any choice that answered my criteria as a viable president..i have regreated that i did it that way..but what the hell..i was much younger then.

Answer 5

Voting has gotten to the point where it is no longer relevant. Anyone elected into office will be subject to all the schemes, scandals, corruption, and greed. Also, any proposals we are allowed to vote for are eventually enforced or worked around anyway. Our country is turning more and more into facism using a democratic facade. Our liberties are being stripped daily in the name of security. We're being ripped off and taxes imposed without true representation. Think about it, the people we elect into office very rarely vote in our best interest, they vote in their own to save face and stay true to their party, they're all doing as they're told, not as we tell them. America is broken, and voting isn't the solution anymore.

Answer 6

Thanks to our archaeic, idiotic electoral college, most votes don't count (Referring only to Presidential elections). On election day in 2004, one great line from the Daily Show was, "And now we go to the country, who, tonight, will choose our new President. Welcome to Ohio-da."

As for other elections (and the Presidential election, if you happen to live in Florida or Ohio): Voting is important. If more peole would realize that, and actually vote for what they believe in, we wouldn't be trapped in this two party system, where whoever has the most money wins.

Of all the parties in America, I am most in line with Ralph Nader and the Green Party. Voting for him would be throwing my ballot away though. At the same time, voting at all in my home state, Indiana, is useless. The Green Party doesn't even exist here.

Answer 7

Voting is something we should all do. We are lucky enough to live in a country that allows us to vote, not everyone is so lucky. Those who don't vote have no right to complain about their politicians / issues.

With all that being said, I didn't vote until I was quite a bit older becasue I think I was afraid that when I went to the polls I wouldn't know what to do and I'd look like an idiot. Also, I didn't know who/what to vote for.

Answer 8

I gave up voting. I used to vote every election, but now it just seems pointless. We're given a choice between two different puppets, but they're both being held up by the same person.

Answer 9

If you don't like the system get involved and do away with the electoral college, so that each vote dose count.Then maybe everyone will get out and vote. - except the dead guys that seem to keep voting .

Answer 10

I vote and started when I was 18 but I honestly believe the government puts in office who they want. It would be nice if our votes really mattered but when Bush won the first election that proved to me they did not