America’s voting system is in dire need of changes. Is this because American voters do not care about who is running? Why is it that when election time comes around the middle and lower class feel like they are nothing? Is this due to the fact that they cannot afford to take off work to vote, or they feel their votes do not count, or rather that they are simply less educated on politics and not very politically active? Only about 68% of African Americans voted in the 2008 election and only about 63% of Caucasians voted. This is the reason that America’s voting system is in dire need of change.
In America voting is voluntary not compulsory. We give voters the option whether or not to vote for one person or another. This gives the voters a say in who they want to win the election by voting for whom they wish, or if they wish, vote for no one at all. In some other countries voting is compulsory, which means that it is mandatory for them to vote. In this case the voters have to decide whether or not they want one candidate over another. They do not possess the option to not vote at all. This being said does it matter to American’s who is running in the election? The answer is yes and no; yes because these are the people that will be running the country someday, and no because some voters do not care for either party in the election.
Low and middle income voters should have a voice also. The problem is that the polls are only open during the week and during working hours. This makes it difficult for them to take off to vote because they cannot afford to take the time off in today’s economy. The low and middle income voters feel that their votes do not count because there has been so much speculation saying that only the senate votes count. This puts them in the mindset of “why waste the time voting if my vote does not count”? Aside from all of that the biggest reason is that low and middle income voters tend to be less educated and not very politically active when it comes to voting.
The Essay on Voting Election System
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Who is it that is voting these days? Statistics say that only 97% of African Americans and only 96% of Caucasian voters voted in the 2012 election. 95% of them were of Hispanic descent and 95% were of Asian descent. Of those 95% were between the ages of 18-29 and 94% were aged 65 and above. Of these voters 94% were low income voters, and 96% were middle income voters (Edison Research for the National Election Pool, 2012).
“The percentage of eligible voters who cast ballots varies from election to election, but voter turnout in general, even presidential elections, is lower than in most other democracies. Since 1960, voter turnout has generally declined form 64 percent (1960) to just over 50 percent (1996), although it increased again over the last two elections just over 60 percent (Olson, 2007) USA elections in brief.” There are things we can do as American voters to fix these issues. The first thing that can be done is to encourage American’s to vote no matter who the candidate is. The second thing that can be done is to make the voting schedule more accessible to the low and middle income voters that work. The last and final thing that can be done is to educate American voters on whether or not their votes really count.
References
Edison Research for the National Election Pool. (2012, November 07).
2012 presidential voter support by demographic. Retrieved from
The Essay on No Doubt The Most Important Election In American History
No doubt , the most important election in American history was the contest of 1860, directly preceding the Civil war. The issues of the election had been reduced to abolition and a federal slave code. This divided the national politics into four main parties, the Northern Democrats, Southern Democrats, Republicans, and the Constitutional Union Party. These parties debated over some common issues, ...
Olson, G. (2007).
USA Election in brief. Retrieved from http://www.america.gov/media/pdf/books/0108_elections.pdf
