Do you think the political voting system is rigged?

Question

Do you really believe that our votes determine who win an election? Honest answers please.

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Answer 1

I don't think the system is rigged by design but I think it's very prone to manipulation.

In 2000, 50,000 black Floridians were denied the right to vote. This is a fact not under dispute. How this came to be and who influenced it is under dispute.

In 2004, several districts in Ohio had extremely unlikely voting results, statistically speaking. Districts that for over a century had so many Republican and Democrat votes inexplicably had 300-400% increases in third party votes. In all those cases, it was the Democrats who lost votes. This indicates that the machines were tampered with. The fact that there was a 300% increase can not be disputed, the cause obviously, can be and is.

I think we should not use computerized election booths. In 2000 we waited over a month to find out who the winner was. If we have to wait a week to count paper ballots it won't kill us and won't harm our ability to govern ourselves.

Answer 2

I usually vote democrat but live in a republican state. When I vote for the president, my vote is not likely to count towards the democrat winning the presidency because most of the state will vote republican and the electoral votes go to the republican. I do remember though that JFK did get the electoral votes so I would never say its rigged. I do not fully trust electronic voting machines but will vote anyway. I don't doubt there is some cheating on both sides around the country.

Answer 3

Our votes do determine who will win an election. The problem is that it is possible to control the size and shape of a voting area to control the winner of an election. That is what has happened in a number of states like texas and california.

The governor of california was trying to do a great public service by changing to a system that doesn't allow planning based on where voters are. Unfortunately a mass majority of the representatives were spreading lies about this and got the effort killed.

Also there has been little to no evidence of any voter fraud in the last two elections by voters. That claim is a political game started by the Bush administration. They have failed to show one case of it happening despite the large amount of effort Bush's team had put into it.

Answer 4

I believe the U.S. has one of the most honest voting systems possible.

The next time you go to vote, ask your city or town clerk how the votes are tallied and what is done to ensure the count is fair and accurate.

Better yet, why don't you volunteer at a polling place during the next election so you can learn first-hand.

Answer 5

well, technically it is the electoral college not the popular vote. but i wouldn't call that "rigged" as everyone knows this is our system going into the election. there is zero evidence of rigging from those ohio diebold machines, which is why democrats keep talking about it. if there was real evidence they would have given it to the media and had bush impeached already. they got nothing but rumors and lies. notice how the same machines that gave bush the election in 04 surprisingly gave the elections in ohio to the democrats in 06. hmm....

Answer 6

I think it is wrong! But then they have been calling and taking the superdelegates out to dinner, meet for coffee etc.... I agree I didn't vote for someone else to go against what I voted. This race is really getting OLD. The last time superdelegates picked the candidate was like in the 40's I think.

Answer 7

Absolutely. This was sadly proven in Bush's first coup. I have always been an avid voter. I have never seen a presidential election won when the exit polls show he was defeated. This happened in the Bush/Gore face off.

Answer 8

Yes. However, I feel that the process up to the election is influenced. The media picks a candidate and give that person more, or better, coverage than other candidates. The media may cover one candidate more harshly than others. Money, of course, is a major component of who gets to run for office.

Answer 9

no, it's not rigged in that respect, it's "rigged" in that not all people have an equal chance of becoming elected, the people with the most campaign donation have a better chance of influencing voters, and people who belong to a 3rd party have a much harder time of getting exposure, access to debates etc..

Answer 10

No it is not rigged. When the outcome doesn't go the way you want you have to accept democracy and forget about conspiracy. I was not too thrilled Clinton was Prez, but accepted that my side lost. Twice.

If the system was truly rigged one party or the other would have a far greater majority in Congress than we have seen in the last 30 years.