I read this article and personally I didn't really agree with it.
It talks about how people seem to vote because they think that it's what "other people" are doing too. They also think that by casting their vote for a candidate, it means that others are doing the same thing. But in actuality there are a lot of people that are eligable to vote, that don't.
In my Government Class we were learning about the Ellectoral College, which is basically broken down into how we vote for the president, but then our State Reps. take our votes and are then supposed to vote accordingly to what we want. The problem with this is that there are no actual rules or laws saying that the Reps. have to vote in favor of what the people want, but it's kind of a given. So it really makes me wonder why the people even vote at all? If our Reps might vote in a different direction, and we're putting all of our faith in them, then it could all be for nothing.
Although that doesn't completely go along with this article, it's interesting to think about. I mostly think that people vote (whether it matters or not) mainly just to feel like their opinions matter (when they might not).
I would suggest not wasting your time on this article though!
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I believe that there are many reasons why people do vote and why they don’t vote. I think the main reason people don’t vote is because they feel like their vote wont matter, which in some cases it may not when the Reps really don’t have to listen to their votes in the first place. On the other hand, I think that there is large group of people that don’t vote because they may not understand what they’re voting for and simply don’t care. I think that those who do vote tend to think that they make a difference with their vote, which I believe they do. Think of this, if one person decided not to vote, then another person would not vote because of that one person, then it would cause a chain reaction. Every vote does matter.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with you, I don't think that people care whether or not others vote, but because they want their opinion to count and matter even though it doesn't a lot of the time. This article may not be the most realiable one and that I wouldn't suggest people read it either.
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