It seems to me that there are a great many un-educated and un-informed people out there voting. I am a little scared that someone who can't find the US on a globe has the right to vote. Am I wrong?
2007-12-11 15:30:41 · 16 answers · asked by twangler 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
No
Education doesn't equal common sense. I know people with doctors degrees that don't know the first thing about civics.
2007-12-11 15:35:05 · answer #1 · answered by RomeoMike 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
A high school education is no guarantee of wisdom. And judging from the comments of many about the election, or some of those holding office, neither is a college degree. You might think of an election as something like a giant wiki. Individual voters might be more or less informed, but if you combine the votes of millions of them, more often than not they'll make a good decision.
2007-12-11 23:36:44 · answer #2 · answered by TG 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The only thing a high school education proves is you attended school for 4 years. Even that could be" iffy" One of the smartest men I have known had to quit school in the seventh grade. Being the only boy he had to run the farm with the help of his uncle who was also a farmer. At 18 he sold his family's farm by converting it to building lots. With the proceeds he went to a suburban town and purchased another farm which was very much larger than the one he had sold.He supported his mother two older sisters and a younger brother. He continued to farm, and buying acreage, when it appeared on the market, built a huge greenhouse complex and helped many uneducated become rich men.There should be no education restrictions for voting
2007-12-12 00:04:15 · answer #3 · answered by googie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've hired people in their 40's and 50's with *experience* before I hired 20 to 30 year old college graduates.
They contribute more to a company and they're not afraid to get their hands dirty.
With younger people in their 20's and 30's with degrees all they want to do is sit in front of a computer!
I can hire a secretary for that!
I can see that with accountants but not with managers!
The best employees are Military Veterans hands down!
They go right into Management here!
I think a lot of people wasted a LOT of money on "degrees."
A young lady came into the office one day to apply for a position with a degree in *PSYCHOLOGY*; I told her right to her face that Starbucks was hiring.
Starbucks must have the most highly educated counter staff in the business!
Even higher than Dunkin Donuts!
"Hey you, with the Master's degree, two lattes no sugar and make it snappy!"
2007-12-12 00:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by tom p 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with you, but im not sure that people who do not have a high school degree vote anyway. The ignorant people who do not end up voting in this country anyway.
I think there should be some sort of regulation for the right to vote though. It sounds immoral, but we need a way to weed out the ignorant right and the ignorant left. That way, voting will become a privilege, and not a right, and the people that are "qualified" to vote will.
But thats only a utopian dream i have. Maybe someday.
2007-12-11 23:40:20 · answer #5 · answered by John 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Ok. Im an Aussie and we have just had our national elections.
Its compulsory to vote when over the age of 18. The percentage of people who vote in Australia is 98%, the percentage in the US is 40%.
Now im not a college teacher, but is that really a DEMOCRACY????
You guys have your election on weekdays, which is convienient for the rich people beause they can have a day off anytime. But what about the poor people who have to work 2 jobs in order to stay aive!
That isnt a democracy at all, thats a ploy against all the poor people so the rich basteds can have their way and keep bushes friends in.
We just got rid of one of bushes m8es over here, we hope u will also get rid of bushes m8es over their to.
Please vote for Obama or Clinton, and have equidy and fairness!
2007-12-11 23:53:47 · answer #6 · answered by cksemail777 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Being informed and being educated are 2 different things. I want people to be better informed. I want news networks to stop covering elections like a horserace, and instead cover the issues at stake. I also think people of all education levels should vote, and young people should vote.
2007-12-11 23:35:04 · answer #7 · answered by Lina 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
No, you can't exclude someone just because they didn't finish school. That doesn't mean they can't make an intelligent decision. Some people who finished high school probably can't find the US on a globe.
2007-12-12 00:03:32 · answer #8 · answered by Just my opinion 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you place too many qualifiers on voting, you get into the business of creating second-class citizens. That is a dangerous road to go down.
2007-12-11 23:36:24 · answer #9 · answered by Jim P 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No....Just because someone can,t find the u.s. on the globe doesn,t mean they don,t watch t.v.or listen to the radio...Do you think that everyone in 1864 could read and write?Nope an X would suffice....What scares me is the 3.2 million dollars for a 60 second super bowl ad...That 3.2 million dollars could help alot of illiterate people don,t you think!!!!!
2007-12-11 23:37:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rights are not based on education.
2007-12-11 23:55:08 · answer #11 · answered by Return of Bite My Shiny Metal... 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋