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Two reasons to vote
Another view
I wish this was true. Politicians are put there to give you the illusion you have a choice, you don't. Banks and corporations own and run this world, and they own us. Your system of elections illustrates this. How many senators are from poor backgrounds? To even run for the office of president requires substantial financial backing. Voting only perpetuates this myth of democracy.
A rebuttal
Not to be too strong here, but the last paragraph above is one of the major reasons why the current system has serious problems.
Failure to vote results in the system being dominated only by those who are strongly motivated by some idea (and thus, tend to be single-issue voters), and thus, extremism (of all forms) holds much larger influence than belief in those issues actually has.
In essence, since by giving up on the existing system as bent, corrupt, or otherwise "not perfect", you actual reinforce the system's tendency to be all of those negatives. The system BECOMES corrupted because people refuse to take responsibility for fixing it; by abdicating the responsibility to vote (and, be informed about the vote you are casting), you, the citizen, are DIRECTLY responsible for the lack of "quality" politicians. That is, people get EXACTLY the kind of representative they are asking for, and if you, the citizen don't ask (by voting) for anything, then how are they (politicians) supposed to know what you want? Public opinion polls? Door to door canvasing? Prayer?
Voting is the only sure-fire way to indicate to politicians what you, the citizen, actually want and desire.
To put is succinctly, the two major reasons why you absolutely, positively MUST vote if you want a functional representative democracy are:
Change does not come overnight; if more people vote, then, slowly, we will get better quality politicians. Frankly, it is the fault of the people who don't vote for why the current generation of politicians are so miserable, not the fault of the people who voted those people in; to put it even more bluntly, if only 10% of the TOTAL ELECTORATE bothers to vote in an election, how is it NOT the fault of those other 90% that the elected person doesn't properly represent the entire population's views? And, yes, we get less than 10% voting in many elections; even in hugely contested elections (such as the 2008 Presidential election), the US had barely 62% of all eligible votes bother to vote.
And you wonder why politicians are crap. We get exactlythe kind of politician we deserve.
Because they want to, for whatever personal reasons. These include the simple desire to exercise power; the wish to have some control over one's self in every way; the knowledge that many sacrifices were made to obtain that right; and the knowledge that without exercising the vote they may lose other rights as well.
In the end, the idea is that by voting, you select the person best able to represent the ideals and goals you wish to have the government achieve (or, in some cases, areas where you wish the government NOT to have any influence in). That is, voting is how we tell the government to do (or not do) what we want it to.
You should exercise your right to vote so that you can set a good example for the youth and the people in your life. Also to be supportive of your country as a whole.
The right to vote.
To vote
You forfeit your right to choose.
If you don't exercise your right to vote, you shouldn't complain about our office holders.
Not all women in the world have the right to vote and express their views on important matters. Women in Thailand got the right to vote in 1932. Many exercise this right in elections.
It is important, because you will lose you`r right to vote
The right exercise by which people elect their representatives is called to right the vote or right to franchise
Apathy, no faith in the candidates or the system as a whole.
A United States citizen can be denied the right to vote if he or she committed a felony. This is call felony disenfranchisement. Also young people are denied the right to vote untill the age of 18.
vote in elections.
vote in elections.