In High School Civics, we used to hear of graveyard voters, "Vote early and Often," and other practices of the past. I once heard it reported that the City of Chicago was incorporated as a city with more votes cast to do that; than the Census Bureau found people living in the Chicago area in the Census taken before and the Census taken after the election.
Looking at
a random statistical analysis of voter turnout, it would appear that a 37% turnout for the mid-term elections would be about the best we should expect. That means that 19% of registered voters could theoretically constitute a "majority" at the polls on Election Day. With less than a 40% turnout, we essentially have a "1 voter = 2-1/2 votes" ratio instead of "1 man, 1 vote."
The
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision means that more money than ever is going in to advertising, PACS, "influencing the voters," etc. The media reports routinely how much it costs to win an election in today's world...and sends the politicians their bills for the advertising.
The TEA Party wants to "take our government back," but will they show up at the polls?
It's an old argument, "One vote doesn't count." vs. "We have the best government money can buy."
Choose a topic for Discussion:
Why I feel it is important that I vote. Why I don't feel it is important that I vote.
This post has been edited by Curmudgeon: Oct 10 2010, 07:35 PM