My topic for this rant is our voting system, and the ignorance that comes with it.

Ok, so i see these mtv ads for getting people to register to vote so they can voice their opinion. When i was watching the comercial, i saw one person that stood out, mainly for the way he looked. He looked like the mis-informed type of guy. The one that would be inclined to make a wrong descision based on what he knows. I know this is wrong of me, but whatever. It got me thinking even more.

How is it that one vote from a complete idiot that will only go for one candidate because the people they know are all going for that person can equal a vote from someone like sandman or oldsoldier? How is it that someone who is voting for one person simply because he likes the way the name sounds count as much as someone that has their life based around politics?

Example: I have a friend that gets into really heated debates about politics. His main points? Well, he constantly says that kerry is nothing but a "<female dog> that lies". He says that at least bush can get us past 9/11 and at least he isnt hiding under his desk like any democrat would. But wait, it gets better. There is someone here who is running for congress. His last opponent was a guy named George Fastuca. My friend is willing to argue with me until the end of time the Fastuca should be the one in congress, not Ted poe, simply because he has a cooler name. Now, this is the same person that hates democrats no matter what. Geroge Fastuca was the Democrat in the election.

My friend doesnt even know who is running for what party. And yet he is going to count as much as everyone else who votes. Does ayone else see a problem with this? I find it funny/sad that the population was entrusted to be smart enough to pick the better candidate, when there are many people like him that are gonna be voting.

I dont know of any effective solutions to this problem, but i needed to yell at someone, and no one listens to me at school, and my mommy's asleep.

DracoPlasm wrote: Yeah i agree with your friend that atleast bush is getting passed it unlike the democrat who would infact be under his desk but thinkin someone will win cause of their name is just stupid though if theres more people like your friend i wont be suprised if the guy with the cooler name does infact win

Fastuca already lost, but its more than a year later and he will still say how fastuca would be a better congressman.

quizl wrote: so smarter people should have a bigger say in the election? are all the rest of us 3/5 of a person? i dont think that would fly over too well.

I honestly think that some people should count more than other in the voting process. There are way more morons in this country than there areinformed citezens.

I saw what you said after i posted. And i know plenty about the electoral college and all that crap. We went over it today in US history. People vote. The party with the most votes send their representitives out to vote in washing shortly after the normal person gets to vote. The democrats choose the democrat, the republicans chooes the republicans, usually. Who ever gets the most votes wins.

But what election is that for? The president. Is it like that for everything? I dont think it is(correct me if im wrong).

But it doesnt matter who gets to choose who the president is in the end, because that moron will have as much say as someone who knows enough about politics.

The Guy wrote: so you are against straight ticket voting?????

Is that what im saying?

The Guy wrote: Democrat, and republican are just labels. Different candidates are going to stand for different things. If what that candidate wanst is in your best interest then by golly, that who you should really vote for.

When you said the first part Zel Miller popped into my mind he a demacrat with different views.

how about a compromise i'll spell correctly and keep posting?

Hades wrote: So your really going to be mad when in this upcoming election, I vote for nothing but the opposite of what I would normally vote? And it is going to count just as much as everyone's correct vote. It is your right to vote for whomever and for whatever you darn well want to.

I could care less who votes for who, or who wins. I dont pay attention to politics, and i will prolly vote for a 3rd party just so I dont end up voting for someone who gets elected, much less someone who gets elected and is a moron while the president. Thats if i choose to vote at all.

What i really care about is people like my friend I described in my original post voting out of ignorance, and electing the unfit candidate, who ever that may be. Like I said, im not going to vote. Why should i have a say in something I know very little about? Why should anyone else if they know as much or less than me?

its funny how the majority of people can vote for someone, yet that person can lose. kinda makes you feel like your voice isnt heard.

ex. 30 people in a class are voting on something, 14 say yes, 16 say no, but the teacher says yes so even though most people picked no yes still wins.

i think the way our elections are run, is why half of elegable people dont vote. if everyones vote was counted (popular vote) than more people would want to vote because there voice would be heard more.

BUNKERED, thanks for straiting quizl out. im just going to add a little. blacks where considered property to the northerners (SP?), yet the south wanted them to count as a person (increasing there population) so they would have more power in congress, anyway its one of the many things that leaded up to the civil war.