if you agree with me you are probably a republican...do you agree with that?...
there would never be another democrat in office..
2007-06-16 15:00:38 · 12 answers · asked by jstrmbill 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
i repeat...there would never be another democrat in office.....look at the 2000 census and compare political parties against high school drop out rate...i didn't intend this to be a cruel question, but i suppose it does tick off moderate minds
2007-06-16 15:27:19 · update #1
No, but I do think civics should be required in our public schools. I also think it would be wise to require a person to have graduated from high school in order to vote.
Perhaps a short class in civics should be required (state funded and maintained) in order to register to vote if the above is too much for people.
2007-06-16 23:17:43 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your idea has been around in one form or another in most democracies since time out of mind. Another version is Graduate from high school 1 vote.
Complete apprenticeship, bachelor degree or diploma 1 more vote.
Married with children (and living together) 1 more vote.
Military service 1 more vote.
Owns land as a farm or with house on it - 1 more vote.
Another vote for owning and running a small business. This would not be available to company directors and executives as these are just glorified employees or own nothing but shares.
So one citizen could have up to five or six votes. This would be hell to administer though. I'm not a Republican, I'm not even American but if I were I would not vote Republican in a pink fit. I might not vote Democrat either. One is as good/bad as the other from this distance.
2007-06-16 22:26:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go Amanda! One often wishes for a test of some sort but is prohibited by law to do it. I think that this questioner just wants to get rid of people who disagree with him. My IQ is at a level that I could join Mensa if I cared to and I have been a Democrat for over 50 years. And I would be one leading the pack if you arranged it somehow that there would never be another Democrat in office. Why don't you use your little mind to try to be constructive?
2007-06-16 22:15:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is a vioaltion of the voting rights act. Such "tests" were used to keep blacks from voting in the south in the days of Jim Crow. One party rule is what you seek, another word for that is Stalinism. And since democrats are in general better educated than republicans, your plan would probably backfire on you...
2007-06-16 22:09:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Everyone should have the right to vote regardless of the highest educational level he has achieved. If your premise is true and you you look at the current trend in the dropout rate, the republicans really have something to worry about.
2007-06-16 22:35:35 · answer #5 · answered by jsardi56 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, every person above the age of 18 should and does have the right to vote. What you described is not a democracy.
2007-06-16 22:18:49 · answer #6 · answered by greencoke 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Before people are allowed to vote they should have to take a BILL OF RIGHTS knowledge test
2007-06-16 23:31:09 · answer #7 · answered by kato outdoors 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't only agree with you, but I think that it should be a law mandating that all candidates be given an I.Q. test before they can run for any office. It seems like we have a few morons in office right now!
2007-06-16 22:06:32 · answer #8 · answered by Amanda K 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Cherry-picking the voters, and only letting the well-educated/ well-informed to vote is not only illegal, it's immoral. It would virtually create a second-class citizen.
2007-06-16 22:31:39 · answer #9 · answered by amg503 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They tried that game back in Jim crow times. Its been outlawed think again.
2007-06-16 22:15:18 · answer #10 · answered by margie s 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋