by Suspicious Mind

Created on: January 16, 2010

Many people point to the "electoral college" and claim that the vote of the people doesn't count. What they fail to realize is, contrary to popular belief, the United States is not a Democracy. The U.S. is a Democratic Republic. In a true Democracy, if 51% of the people wanted to kill the other 49%, then that would be the law.

One can see that our forefathers wanted the power spread out, so that one group would not get too much power. The power of the people, does not lie solely in the hands of the president. In fact quite the opposite. Our founding fathers did not want an all powerful king to rule the 13 colonies.

He wanted each to act as its own country, only coming together to fight our common enemies. It would be too easy, much easier than it is now, for a misguided population to vote someone in on a whim.

Where the peoples power is supposed to be is mostly in the U.S. Congress. That is where the local populations get to vote for the person best suited for their area. So, some will point to the inside dealings of our representatives, and say once again that our vote doesn't count.

These people may be partially right, but there is one thing above all, that makes our votes not worth its weight in sand.

There are some still, who would point to vote fraud. Yes, you may think otherwise, but the U.S. is full of vote fraud. This does help support the notion that your vote doesn't count, and all voters should feel this way. You should consider your vote something that someone wants so bad, they would steal it from you.

There is only one way to combat vote fraud, and that is to volunteer to monitor your elections. People aren't nearly involved in the voting process as they were in the past. Now you have to scrounge up everyone you can to help with an election. They are seriously under staffed, making the theft of your vote that much easier.

When you go into the voting booth, you mainly choose between the Democrats and Republicans. Yes, sometimes there are people from other parties running, but by the time the vote comes, the media and power brokers usually have succeeded into making third party candidates look like whack-jobs, nuts, and conspiracy theorists.

Why is it that, in a "free" country like the U.S., we don't have 5 candidates to choose from? Think about this, with all of the divided opinions in our country, shouldn't there be more choice in who runs our country?

By the time the people get to vote, the candidates are usually chosen for them. Many will ask

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