American Politics and Voter Apathy
What’s wrong with our democratic system? Nothing! It is we the people who are wrong. We use the excuse that we don’t like any of the people running for office so we don’t vote. Well, there is one of the main reasons we are at fault. How do government officials know we don’t like what they are doing if we don’t tell them?
In my book, those people who do not vote do not have the right to gripe; they did not use their opportunity to do something about it. Don’t tell me one vote does not count. Multiply those one votes by the millions who don’t vote. In the recent primary elections, only 10% to 25% of the registered voters voted. Now isn’t that something to be proud of?
I’ll bet if things don’t go the way most Americans feel they should go, the 75% to 90% of the people who didn’t vote will be the ones that will be doing most of the screaming.
CARLENE PIERCE
Camarillo
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