I know right now a lot of you are saying, "What is this guy talking about? This will reach out to an expanded demographic of epic and unprecedented proportions."  Don't get me wrong this is going to reach out to millions of US XBL users but at what political cost.  Can you see a great outcome of random 18+ year olds making a vow to register and vote for a candidate based on, shall I saw, word on headset?  No.  It is in this forum that grave mistakes for our country's future can be made by the ill-prepared and misinformed.  A poll would be sufficient but until the maturity level of some XBL players "levels up", and you know some of the people I'm refering to, I cannot see this as a good thing.

The greatest strength of democracy is that it gives everyone a say.

The greatest weakness of democracy is that it gives everyone a say.

If you go with the system you've got to go with the system, you can't really complain that stupid people might vote.

Besides... most people who need to be convinced to vote aren't really going to anyway... they say they will and then either forget, or just say screw it on election day.

Who are 18+ year old who play video games more likely to vote for?

hint: not the guy in your sig/avatar

So don't be upset if I think you're being a little biased.

They have a say though. It's called the local county office. You and I both know that the youth crowd will flock to anything they see is COOL and worth a vote. In the meantime, will they check it out in detail. A chunk of that stat pie might but a majority will go with the flow. I like the registration thing its just I do not think that politics itself is ready to be discussed w/ the gamers on XBL and there are a lot of noobs, a lot of people who will say F off, and a lot that don't care. Politics requires a forum of intelligent debate.

Gebx that's exactly what I'm concerned about. Biased or not, 18 year olds go with the flow w/o doing their HW. If you did a paper by the opinion of someone u would fail.

hmm Xbox Live or today's cable news stations...

I actually can't think which would be a more intelligent forum for debate

Well, at the risk of getting off-topic, it's not just Xbox Live. There have been various propositions to get increased voter turnout, including giving out free lottery tickets to newly registered voters. As if that's the problem with the USA- the winos who blow all their money on scratch-offs aren't making themselves heard at the ballot box.

But next to that shit, Rock the Vote is the stupidest thing evarrr. Shame, Microsoft! Shame!

Well by these standards then all political polls should be off limits to 18 year olds.

As a matter of fact, it should be off limits to everyone. No more of these announcing winners before official results are released. It always seemed kind of strange when the "News" is announcing a winner before the voting stations have even closed.

^It's called projections. Not official results and they state that, esp on CNN.

And no all voters of age should have their say but the forum of that say might be construed to a certain demographic to swing the vote based on going with the flow. It seems that MSFT is getting a large check from RTV, imo.

Hm. Well, if they use it to moneyhat more JRPGs, then I change my mind. This is a great idea!