"People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote--a very different thing."~ Walter H. Judd
I voted. Yes, I did though there's a lot of things about the American election that I still have questions on. Let's take for example the Electoral College. It has been explained by so many political scholars, and it still does not make sense to me in our modern times. Maybe it's just me because I am not a bona fide American citizen. Or, maybe this concept does not apply to us anymore in this day and age of modernity?
(I have this trivia info: Did You Know? In the United States, only about half of those eligible to vote actually participate in national elections. In European nations, by contrast, voter turnout consistently exceeds 80 percent. Source: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/Guides/?Page=elections ) Hmmn, something to think about...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
The electoral college is a good thing. It allows for the decisions to be spread out to all the states. Unlike the popular vote, which will make our sleazy politicians to just focus on the most populous states and forget the rest. What I don't understand are the propositions and why are they on the ballot? Didn't we hire these law makers to make this decisions for us? If they can't decide what's good for the people and the state then maybe they shouldn't be in office. Journalists should tell Arnold to stop coming to us for every single thing.
In response to your trivia, unlike the European states these is the "United States". We have 50 states with very different cultures which affect voter turn out. Some of us feel that their votes won't matter, some feel that they won't be affected by the outcome one way or the other. Maybe this means that our leaders are doing a better job that their European counter-part. Imagine 50% don't even care about politics. Unlike Americans, Europeans just like to whine and complain. That's why they have to come out and vote, they are never satisfied with the outcome. But I think, after this eight years of so-so white house policies, people who want change are now going to vote so you'll have a big turnout next November. Very nice topic, thanks for the post.
I like the title of your blog.
=]
Tis true.
Post a Comment