Hello Alondra, I agree on your beliefs of why citizens don't vote in the election. It's terrible to think that all these U.S. candidates are so dedicated to getting a certain group to vote for them and ignoring the other groups. I think voting is like flipping a coin its either one person wins or the other. I know many voters feel that their ideas will be neglected by candidates, but I think its better yo have a say in what you believe in then not have a say at all.…
“Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. ‘Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson There are 218,000,000 eligible voters in the U.S. In the last election only 126,000,000 Americans voted, that's only about 55%. I think that more Americans who can vote, should vote.…
Voting is one of the first rights we look forward to do when we turn eighteen years old. Votings is a huge part of running a successful democratic government. There are currently 5 amendments that deal with voting rights in our country. The first voting amendment was in 1886 and that was the 15th amendment. The latest amendment that dealt with voting was the 26th amendment and that was during the Vietnam war time era.…
My question is drawn from the Aristotle’s Rhetoric, Pages 1-15. The quote that inspired my question was, “In a political debate, the man who is forming a judgement is making a decision about his own vital interests.” This quote made me think about the people I know who have risen above themselves and who seek to help others. People who volunteer frequently, donate large percentages of their paychecks, and people who always hold the door open for others are the people who come to mind. Obviously, these people have their own self-interests as well, but they also spend a noticeable amount of their time helping others and looking out for our society as well.…
A troubling story that has not gotten much attention this election season — or any recent one, for that matter — is why a certain group of roughly 5.3 million Americans won't be allowed to vote. It isn't because they're underage or non-citizens or mentally incompetent. It isn't because they're unregistered or physically unable to get to the polls. It isn't even because they're limping around with a chronic case of political apathy.…
Participation in Politics: Is Compulsory Voting the Answer to Low Voter Turnout? Every few years, the concept of compulsory or mandatory voting appears on United States politicians’ radar as a solution to increasing voter turnout. Following the 2014 midterm elections, when only 33.9 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, President Obama threatened to make voting compulsory via an executive order (DelReal). This announcement by the president brought the idea to the forefront of American politics once again, and constitutional scholars quickly responded, claiming compulsory voting laws violate the rights of United States citizens (von Spakovsky).…
Sixteen year olds pay taxes, drive, and are allowed to drop out of school, so why can’t they vote also? Voting age in the United States is currently eighteen years old, although teenagers younger than that are still required to do many things that are controlled by how people vote on the ballots. I believe that the voting age should be lowered to sixteen years of age. If the voting age were lowered, it would allow schools to encourage voting, and even educate students about the process before they go to the polls.…
The Constitution is particularly vague on the issue of voting. Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution left the establishment of voting practice procedures and who is eligible to vote up to the individual states. A provision was made for Congress to alter the voting process if necessary (Justia, 2015). As an unintended result, suffrage was initially limited to white, male property holders. The Fifteenth Amendment addresses the rights of citizens to vote in two sections.…
When the topic of mandatory voting arises, the better part of Americans are vehemently opposed. Why should the government force us as Americans to vote for a candidate that we do not and will not support? A majority of Americans already participate in the election process because they want to. Why make a citizen, who does not want to vote, vote for someone they do not believe in? We should not have mandatory voting because voting is a right, but Americans do not have to exercise that right, there are better solutions, it creates a series of problems that would have to be addressed and just because another country requires its citizens to vote does not make it right.…
Throughout the United States electoral votes of calculus voting is used. It is used to determine the proxy for the probability that the voter will turn out, the probability of voting, the differential benefit of one candidate winning over the other, the costs of voting, and the citizen duty. Calculus of voting is any mathematical model that predicts voting behavior by an electorate. This includes features such as participation rate. A calculus of voting represents a hypothesized decision-making process.…
How would you feel if the government started restricting how you did your everyday activities? People have had many disputes between the topic of of requiring to use identification to vote or not for years now. Though voting with identification is highly anticipated, I believe that voting without identification is the better argument due to having the government not have to restrict us when we want our individual rights and to do something, that we choose to do, to be restricted. People agree that voting with identification would be a good idea due to having the voting process a ton more secure but this also allows the government to violate our individual rights.…
Voting across America Should we lower the voting age? This question comes to a very mixed emotion when asked among vast groups of people. We have groups of people that have got their rights only in the last hundered years. While this might be a tough guess to the outcome. The voting age has changed very little.…
The goal of these events are to allow citizens who may not feel that their voice, concerning issues that they care deeply about, are being addressed by politicians, at all levels, the opportunity to, individually and collectively, voice their support for progressive issues to the people they vote into office. All politicians will be invited to listen, learn, and interactive personally, in order to prove that they care about their constituency’s desires and insights, in addition to having the opportunity to earn their vote and long-term support. No politician will have a speaking role at these events.…
Compulsory Voting Believe it or not, fifty-seven and a half percent of Americans voted in the 2012 presidential election. That is a little over half of all Americans that are eligible to vote; so many ask, what about the other half? The top three reasons people do not vote is because they are too busy and have a conflicting schedule, illness or disability, or simply because they lack interest. Voting is important, after all the end result is the leader of the United States or maybe even your local government. Compulsory voting, also known as mandatory voting, is a system in which voters are required to register to vote and to go to their polling place or vote on election day.…
When there is a need for change in the world it is our duty to fight for change by voting. Voting help us choose a person we want to lead or represent us in government. By voting we express our opinion formally are officially about issues that affect us. Voting is our way for our voices to be heard, to hold elected officials accountable for their actions, and to have a say on important issues that affect us, the community, in the world. For these reasons voting is very important.…