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    Default Re: Should voting be encouraged?

    I don't care to have the government or others encourage people to vote. If they don't feel strongly about political issues to vote on their own, they shouldn't be encouraged to vote.

    Instead, people should be encouraged to get informed about politics, though doing that in a non-partisan way might be difficult. If becoming informed leads them to vote, so much the better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
    Instead, people should be encouraged to get informed about politics, though doing that in a non-partisan way might be difficult. If becoming informed leads them to vote, so much the better.
    This is probably the best way to go about it.

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    I agree with CR as well. I think you could encourage people to get informed about politics by making the connection between politics and their life clearer. Many young people don't see how government impacts their lives out of naivety or ignorance perhaps but they don't. I tell my friends if you don't know what your voting about, don't vote. Also, if they have any questions about an issue they sometimes ask me to give a summary of the issue and I honestly try to give a balanced overview of each sides arguments and give examples of how each side will impact them if that side were to prevail.


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    Default Re: Should voting be encouraged?

    I get angry when I miss a primary. I don't believe I have ever missed a general. It is inconceivable to me that an adult would NOT want to become informed and exercise the franchise.

    However, a majority prefer not to do so. Encouraging them to do so and to do so in an informed fashion is a worthy goal, albeit not all that attainable. Forcing all to vote -- even the unrepentently ignorant -- does no service to any of us.
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    Adults work too much to have the energy and time to care about politics. Why do you think that we have created an extreme trend toward shorter and shorter sound bites?


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    Quote Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name View Post
    Adults work too much to have the energy and time to care about politics. Why do you think that we have created an extreme trend toward shorter and shorter sound bites?
    When our electorate lets themselves become equally ignorant of BOTH politics and Angelina Jolie's breeding habits, THEN I will admit that they truly lack the time and energy to become informed about the former.
    "The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
    When our electorate lets themselves become equally ignorant of BOTH politics and Angelina Jolie's breeding habits, THEN I will admit that they truly lack the time and energy to become informed about the former.
    Entertainment is easier to comprehend then politics. It easier to comprehend and get angry over X actor being a douche and cheating on his wife then it is to understand what it will mean when the 2014 provisions of the health care reform bill kick in.

    Again, it's a problem of too much work, too little energy. You spend what little time/energy you have for maximum benefit, so if you want to be angry about something you pick something petty and easy to grasp.


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    Quote Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name View Post
    Adults work too much to have the energy and time to care about politics. Why do you think that we have created an extreme trend toward shorter and shorter sound bites?
    Aren't unemployed people the least likely to vote?
    At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
    Aren't unemployed people the least likely to vote?
    Well, when day to day survival becomes a terrifying factor in your life, yes you begin to forget about voting and politics completely.


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