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Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
How the hell are we supposed to know what the majority is if 49% of the country won't get off their asses and vote?
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My friend has never voted in the 6 years he's been entitled to do so. He feels he can't make a change with his vote, because things never get better at the root, no matter who's in charge. The special interest groups still have too much power, there's too much corruption, etc.
2004 presidential election will be his first outing, he has decided. He is so against Bush that he is getting off his ass and voting.
So the point is that many people are apathetic about voting because no leader has inspired them to choose one way or the other. I'm not defending this; I vote and try to think it makes a difference. But we need a leader who inspires actual feeling in the public, no matter whether that feeling is loathing or admiration. Someone other than the cookie cutter clones who clog the ballot every time, all slightly different version numbers of the same software.