by Suspicious Mind

Created on: April 22, 2009

Voting in the US is not a privilege and it is not an obligation. Voting in the US is a right, and is the responsibility of each citizen to vote, or not, as they see fit. Why some people do not vote is no big mystery. Apathy is likely the main reason, since more Americans are caught up in "American Idol", Brittany Spears, and the latest antics of Lindsey Lohan than what is happening in their city, county, state, country or planet. While our soldiers go around the world defending and promoting the rights of citizens to vote, and the people of many countries die because of how or if they vote most Americans are only concerned with what is going directly in front of them. This could be anything from how and where the next paycheck is coming from, to sitting on the edge of their chair during the latest episode of "24" or "Big Brother". People of America are being dumbed down to the point that they just don't care. Voter turn out is usually low, unless the mass media and news organizations get behind a candidate, and start the drum beat for them through the TV. It was obvious in the main stream press that they favored Obama, and ran only minimal negative articles about him while doing the opposite to others like John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul. This also leads some to think that fraud is happening, so what is the point?

Some people simply thing that the game is rigged, or that their vote doesn't really count because of the Electoral College or maybe that another person they know is only going to cancel their vote out. To them, voting seems pointless, convincing themselves that one vote does not matter. Others, think there is really nobody there worth voting for. When you look at the choices propped up for the Americans to choose from, it is the same as the slave choosing their master.

Then we have the voter who "wastes" their vote. Some say this vote doesn't count when they vote for some third party candidate like Ron Paul or Bob Barr. However, some believe that this is a way to protest when they are not happy about the choices placed by the two main parties. Once again, the politicians actually choose who the candidates are, not the people. To some, that seems very wrong, especially since regular people really aren't involved in the process anymore. One question remains, why? Are the regular Joes of the country pushed out by the politicians because they voice their displeasure? Some have recently brought their displeasure with our government to the streets,

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