I am writing an essay on voter apathy...all voices and opinions are welcome.?

Question

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Answer 1

i believe the greatest cause for voter apathy is that people feel:

politicians promise the world
politicians forget their promises once elected to office
very little improvement takes place from one leader to another

voting is a futile exercise which accomplishes nothing.

Answer 2

In one way, it is because we as a voting population have failed to heed the advice of the Founding Fathers and slid into what is, for all practical purposes, a two party system of govornment. What to most people seems to be a monolithic, uncaring pair of parties that amount to little more than career sanctioned criminals who enjoy ridiculous amounts of influence with very little to hold them to task except for election time. Most of the voter turnout the past decades are often party loyalists, and far too few independantly minded voters turn out for thier local elections, let alone the major elections. If people really want things to change for the better, vote out every incumbent politician, vote in neither Democrats or Republicans, spend some time once in a while to see what other smaller parties have to offer. In short, the failure to vote supports those whom so many despise more than the loyalists who participate and vote regularly. This last major election saw a great deal of turnover along with a reasonably good voter turnout. If real change and real integrity is desired by the public from thier elected officials, the public as a whole has to vote in every election they are able to. The general failure to do so small and large has made the bed of nails we find ourselves on politically. The apathy is caused by the elected officials - at least seemingly - being corrupt scumbags, and the perception of futility in voting feeds the public apathy, in turn fueling the Big Two parties' ability to retain power. It doesn't really matter which of the two is in charge, since they are flip sides of the same coin.

Answer 3

One of the reasons why people do not vote or don't care how they vote, ( which is just as bad) may have to do with their lack of knowledge about the issues behind the candidates' interest in the vote.

When this condition applies, many people take the easy way out and stay home rather than go to the polling place.

If our law gave every voter a twenty-dollar reduction in their income tax, we may increase the voting participation by as much as 35%---at least we would give the"disinterested person" a reason for voting.

Answer 4

I live in North Jersey and I work the polls. The Presidential Election we did very well and the last Congressional Election even better. I know we are in a really Blue State and everyone jates this Administration. It may be different in say Utah. I was very pleased to see Young Black Men voting. I have never seen them take such an active interest. I am not Black but did work in Civil Rights and Women"s Rights. It was good to see Young Black Men exercising their rights.

Answer 5

I don't vote (any more). In the words of Judge Learned Hand, in his famous book, "The Bill of Rights," ...

"Each one of us must in the end choose for himself how far he would like to leave our collective fate to the wayward vagaries of popular assemblies. No one can fail to recognize the perils to which the last forty years have exposed such governments. ... For myself, it would be most irksome to be ruled by a bevy of Platonic Guardians, even if I knew how to choose them, which I assuredly do not. If they were in charge, I should miss the stimulus of living in a society where I have, at least theoretically, some part in the direction of public affairs. Of course I know how illusory would be the belief that my vote determined anything; but nevertheless when I go to the polls I have a satisfaction in the sense that we are all engaged in a common venture."

The U.S. Supreme Court is behaving like a bevy of Platonic Guardians. They steal elections and flush the people's moral values down the toilet. They have robbed from me the reason for voting -- that "satisafaction ... that we are all engaged in a common venture."

Answer 6

Very interresting source will be South Africa, More than 12 POLITICAL parties to vote for! Splitting the vote makes it easy to rule a country by mere majority, blacks are ruling South Africa for one reason only - They are the majority, why? Low level of education, income and social-skills=high pregnancy rates... The average black family has 8-9 children!!! ie: they breed like rats!

Answer 7

Voter apathy in the US comes from Americans who know that politics is total nonsense so why should they vote and it doesn't matter if they are Republican or Democrat all politicans are power hungry liars and cheats that only care about getting reelected so why should they bother to vote?

Answer 8

Alot of people think their vote is just a meaningless tool used by the government to make us feel like we have a voice in our government

Answer 9

Yea WAKE UP!!!!!!
http://www.fuse.tv/videos/index.php?p=clip3773

Answer 10

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