Is It Really Worth Voting (president)?

Question

opinions?

Answer 1

No matter who it is worth voting. If one doesn't vote they really shouldn't complain. They had their chance to express their opinion and they chose not to do so. If one votes and their guy loses than they have more of a license to complain because of the outcome.

Answer 2

Its only worth voting if you understand the candidates and more importantly the issues. You should note vote simply because a friend or someone on TV said to vote for a candidate, or that "all the cool people vote for this party."

Its very difficult to get honest information about how candidates. Everyone has an agenda they are trying to promote. Almost every paper will endorse the democrats and all their ideas, and talk radio will endorse the republicans and their ideas.

Your best bet is to go to the candidates websites and see if any of them speak to you. For example, I was undecided until I saw him in person and learned more about Romney. I think he has more videos talking about different important issues than anyone.

Congress is actually more important than the President though. All the President can do is jump up and down urging Congress to pass this or that, but Congress actually makes the laws.

Answer 3

In the last election, 25 million Americans . . . out of a population of 300 million -- that's one out of 12 or a little over 8% of the population -- voted for Bush. I know that a certain number of the 300 million can't vote because they're under age or some other reason, but still, had more people exercised their right to vote, the disaster named the Bush administration might never have happened.

Answer 4

I was doing some voter registration before the 2004 election and I met one guy who told me that just a few years before, he had registered to vote for the very first time at age 45. I asked him why he decided to do that after so many years. He told me that he was complaining about some politician one day and his buddy told him:

"Ya know, you complain about these guys in office all the time and you don't even vote. You should either start voting or just shut up about it."

So, if nothing else, voting gives you a little more legitimacy to complain.

Answer 5

Who knows, that one vote you cast could be the one vote that puts the best candidate into office. Voting is patriotic. Would you rather live in a country where you couldn't vote, even if you wanted to? We should all exercise the right to vote; some people don't have it.

Answer 6

If you like the candidate, you agree with the ideas, the platform, and think he/she is trust-worthy, and you believe he/she is capable to be a great president, the answer is YES.

Otherwise, you have the right to vote against OR withhold your vote.

I don't believe in the "put up or shut up" rhetoric. Even if you don't vote, you still have a right to free speech. Just make sure that if you don't vote, you don't vote for the right reasons. But make sure you have a good reason not to vote.

I am voting for Ron Paul (R-TX). Because I like him as a person, and I agree with his ideas and his platform, and I understand his position on the issues, and I trust him, and I believe he will make a great president.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com

Answer 7

Well, I'd say so. In the US, our voter turnout is historically less than 50% in presidential elections; less than 30% in primaries or local elections. If more people voted, our country wouldn't be in the mess it is in today.
If you want REAL change, get everyone you know to vote. Call them on election day and light a fire under them. Understand the issues so you will be better informed and know what your vote means.
Yes, it's worth it.

Answer 8

I live in Iowa and we spend a lot of time with the candidates. The truth is every voter in America should have the opportuntity we have. I think one of the reasons people don't think their vote counts is that they think the things they care about don't matter to the candidates.

So yes, voting matters-VERY MUCH--in fact it matters in the primaries just as much as the general election.

Answer 9

I've never voted. I'm somewhat apathetic to politics. I've never really cared for what all that stuff is about. As long as the country is run smoothly, I don't care. If you feel like you can make a difference by voting for a candidate to get him/her to become president, then by all means do so.

Answer 10

It's worth it.

If you don't participate in our democracy, you have no right to complain when you don't like it. Voter turnout in presidential election years are somewhere around 60-70% in good years. If those other 30-40% could manage to put down the remote and the half-soy half-coconut latte with the cinnamon face on the foam, they could change the election.