| sethnintendo said: Most of the few people that actually do vote in the USA aren't usually the brightest and can be easily swayed (or they just party line vote). If we actually had decent politicians and a system that actually works then I believe you would see a voter turn out of more than 60% of the total population. USA has pretty much zero leaders and we are like a chicken with it's head cut off. In my view elections are pointless in USA. Political ads just like prescription drug ads should be banned. The only thing there should be is debates. |
Non-voters are even less informed than people who do vote. If the people who already vote are so stupid, why should we worry that not enough people are voting? If anything, we need fewer and better voters. I think a basic civics test should precede voting, and if you fail, the machine kicks your vote out.
Then again, if most people choose to be stupid, we get the government that we (collectively) deserve. So maybe it doesn't matter all that much.
Rhetorical differences aside, the practical differences between the two parties are vanishingly small, and that's the real reason that elections are usually an exercise in pointlessness.
