Because voting will make a difference. Because the candidates are just SO different.

Thats how I felt. Everyone up there was old. And it wasn't even that early, it was like 8 AM. Still, only old people.

I seriously doubt it is.

I hope this is sarcasm because the candidates are indeed very different.

Still time for Breakfast Buffet.

With Halo 4 coming out today, (I'm in UK for record)

I VOTE Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 for president!

This was my Facebook status about a week ago.

"On November 6th, only one man can save the country - nay, universe. Vote John-117."

That's awful though. Young people need to realize that voting is important, whether anyone wants to agree with that or not.

Judging by the general forum-goers age here, and their responses and feelings of "no ones vote counts", we can see why this is a problem.

It is important, but the voting process needs to be altered. It's not really working anymore, especially for president. *cough* electoral college *cough*

I voted just 15 minutes ago.

The door to the polling station was locked, too. When I knocked, the guy who opened the door for me looked at me like I was insane. Apparently they don't expect people to vote there.

Hmmm let's see...

Crossing the forum lines but here I go...

Both relatively moderate, both heavily involved in corporate tax cuts, similar economic policies... the only absolute ground shaking difference is their view on homosixual marriage and rights.

Obviously. Just saying that I think it should.

People disagree with me! Quick, do something to get the thread locked!


So basically you don't want to be in a democratic republic.

He wants to be in an informed democratic republic.

Being moderate is a cause of the two party system. It is in fact a good thing because it keeps the parties in check as to how extreme they are willing to go before alienating people in their own party.

The difference they have on tax cuts (both corporate and personal) are actually pretty significant and lay heavily on the economic plans they have.

There's the rub. You're never going to have 100% of the people with 100% of the information in ANY system. It's pretty much always going to be an informed minority vs an uninformed majority.

Isn't it kinda sad how many people seem to be displeased by both choices (yes... "both" =.= that seems to be what it boils down to rather than "all") yet they won't vote for a lesser candidate that they like more because they only think there will be 2 choices in the end and that they should at least vote for the lesser or two evils?

That would at least be the vibe I am getting from these elections.

http://satwcomic.com/best-guy-wins had a comic on the elections recently. Might ring true, might not. Who knows.

This election is entirely irrelevant to me since I'm Norwegian. But I do think that if you're going to vote, you should do so because you know what you want and don't want. Exercising your right to vote by blindly voting is not responsible.

As if a thread about the election isn't going to be inevitably locked anyways.

I mean really?

I really wish that all parties running for president got equal exposure.

This made me laugh.

Okay. Why does that make it a bad idea to give more value to the votes of the informed? It doesn't matter if it won't be 100%. This isn't an all-or-nothing thing. If the system is changed to increase the number of informed voters, it'll be a change for the better.

If the voting system allowed for a short, simple quiz about the policies of the candidates, and those who pass count for two votes (this is all as a hypothetical example), it would shift the focus of campaigns toward information and not appearance. The candidates would put more effort into making their points simple and educational, rather than bickering about what their opponent did twenty years ago. Those who are truly interested in the election will put forth more effort to be informed, so their vote counts for more and has a greater chance to matter. It would motivate a lot of youth to actually vote in the first place. Seems like a good system to me.

"If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong."

Robert A. Heinlein

Ha.