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I regret not voting the past two years.
I reasoned myself out of voting.
1. My one vote would not make a difference. Anyone who believes their one vote will turn the tide of an election is mistaken. Also, rationality is equated with purposefulness. You usually do something in order to obtain a goal, which means that the voter has no real reason to vote if there is nothing to gain.
2. How much would my opinion matter? Politicians don't listen to my age groups needs. They focus mainly on the needs of those who vote the most.
3. Doesn't everyone say that you're more likely to get the dreaded jury duty if you vote?
I know my one vote will not change the tide of any election. But the reason why our age group is so ignored when it comes to creating policies is because the politicians don't see why they need to appease an age group that doesn't even vote. Politicians, generally, are interested in re-election: appeasing non-voters won't help them. Statistics say that the older people get(I wish i had some webpage to back this up but I'm basing this off books and lectures), the more likely they are to vote. That's why you see so many issues that deal with healthcare and the soon-to-be-dead social security floating around in the news. We're letting all the elder citizens represent us. Is that even right? Do they know what we're going through simply because they've been around longer? If people in our age group start voting more and expressing to our politicians what we want, more policies that are geared towards us might be brought up. Yah...probably a long-shot.
And the whole jury duty thing...yah...I just gotta suck it up. Sure, it seems like they have a machine that knows exactly when you're busy so they can call you for jury duty, but it's my duty as a citizen.
I reasoned myself out of voting.
1. My one vote would not make a difference. Anyone who believes their one vote will turn the tide of an election is mistaken. Also, rationality is equated with purposefulness. You usually do something in order to obtain a goal, which means that the voter has no real reason to vote if there is nothing to gain.
2. How much would my opinion matter? Politicians don't listen to my age groups needs. They focus mainly on the needs of those who vote the most.
3. Doesn't everyone say that you're more likely to get the dreaded jury duty if you vote?
I know my one vote will not change the tide of any election. But the reason why our age group is so ignored when it comes to creating policies is because the politicians don't see why they need to appease an age group that doesn't even vote. Politicians, generally, are interested in re-election: appeasing non-voters won't help them. Statistics say that the older people get(I wish i had some webpage to back this up but I'm basing this off books and lectures), the more likely they are to vote. That's why you see so many issues that deal with healthcare and the soon-to-be-dead social security floating around in the news. We're letting all the elder citizens represent us. Is that even right? Do they know what we're going through simply because they've been around longer? If people in our age group start voting more and expressing to our politicians what we want, more policies that are geared towards us might be brought up. Yah...probably a long-shot.
And the whole jury duty thing...yah...I just gotta suck it up. Sure, it seems like they have a machine that knows exactly when you're busy so they can call you for jury duty, but it's my duty as a citizen.