Comment Voting helps your district (Score 1) 1048
I agree with all the folks who say that in an ideal world, one would make intelligent voting decisions and that we can start small.
For my neighbors, however, I encourage everyone to get out to the polls, even if they do nothing but write in a few nonsense candidates. The reason? I live in an inner city neighborhood. Politicians ignore us partially because they don't think they can get many votes out of us.
The theory is that once politicians see that we're a significant voting body, they'll start spending money on us to help keep our streets clean and safe... in order to win our vote.
I suppose the corollary to that is if everyone else stopped voting, our votes would count for more. So... if you live in a middle-to-upper class neighborhood, don't vote! (Just kidding, of course.)
For my neighbors, however, I encourage everyone to get out to the polls, even if they do nothing but write in a few nonsense candidates. The reason? I live in an inner city neighborhood. Politicians ignore us partially because they don't think they can get many votes out of us.
The theory is that once politicians see that we're a significant voting body, they'll start spending money on us to help keep our streets clean and safe... in order to win our vote.
I suppose the corollary to that is if everyone else stopped voting, our votes would count for more. So... if you live in a middle-to-upper class neighborhood, don't vote! (Just kidding, of course.)
