Mandatory Negligence
Democracy is defined as a form of government by the whole. In other words, everyone must or does have a say in this less pessimistic form of government. How can a nation with more than 316 billion people have each a say in the reign of themselves? Well, the answer is voting. Voting, defined as an official choice made in an election, usually by ballot, is the go to way for how the United States and other 122 nations handle their democracy. The issue that lies in hand is what occurs when people chose not to vote. This results in lack of support for a government and can lead to the corruption of said government. This has resulted in many nations, such as Australia, to resort to compulsory or mandatory voting. However, mandatory …show more content…
For example, Americans are not the most educated of people, “the point isn 't to say that the American people are stupid”, but most Americans have no clue on how the government itself works (Goldberg). Why not fix this, by encouraging voters to vote by making people comfortable to vote. Voting doesn’t have to be a leap of faith, more people (including Americans) would vote if they better understood how voting affects their nation. In the United States, it is not too hard to grasp, how more people voted for the 2006 winner of the popular television American Idol than say the 2004 presidential election. What does this say about America? For one, Americans enjoy TV, so why not encourage voting through this media. By this, it is important to go beyond the occasional political campaign ads that are “approved messages” from other high reps and move into actual television shows whose main goal is to get Americans into ballots every November. Second, technology facilitates voting. The founding fathers would probably disagree with internet voting, but if somehow internet voting for a singing competition that is broadcasted on TV is being more successful than presidential elections, than maybe it is truly time to rethink this option. Voting itself needs to reflect the needs and wants of the given nation’s
Democracy is defined as a form of government by the whole. In other words, everyone must or does have a say in this less pessimistic form of government. How can a nation with more than 316 billion people have each a say in the reign of themselves? Well, the answer is voting. Voting, defined as an official choice made in an election, usually by ballot, is the go to way for how the United States and other 122 nations handle their democracy. The issue that lies in hand is what occurs when people chose not to vote. This results in lack of support for a government and can lead to the corruption of said government. This has resulted in many nations, such as Australia, to resort to compulsory or mandatory voting. However, mandatory …show more content…
For example, Americans are not the most educated of people, “the point isn 't to say that the American people are stupid”, but most Americans have no clue on how the government itself works (Goldberg). Why not fix this, by encouraging voters to vote by making people comfortable to vote. Voting doesn’t have to be a leap of faith, more people (including Americans) would vote if they better understood how voting affects their nation. In the United States, it is not too hard to grasp, how more people voted for the 2006 winner of the popular television American Idol than say the 2004 presidential election. What does this say about America? For one, Americans enjoy TV, so why not encourage voting through this media. By this, it is important to go beyond the occasional political campaign ads that are “approved messages” from other high reps and move into actual television shows whose main goal is to get Americans into ballots every November. Second, technology facilitates voting. The founding fathers would probably disagree with internet voting, but if somehow internet voting for a singing competition that is broadcasted on TV is being more successful than presidential elections, than maybe it is truly time to rethink this option. Voting itself needs to reflect the needs and wants of the given nation’s