DJRed wrote:
50+ wrote:
Inmates should not be allowed to vote, but desperate? Hardly even with the worst candidate in Party history they still got more votes than Trump and as stated the real concern should be how to get people out to vote, the last election had one of the lowest voter turnouts in over 30 years.Why? What is this infatuation people have with getting people who are disinterested in the process into the process?
It's simple. If you want to vote, go vote. We're not going to beg you.
While both sides have really stupid voters, republicans can count on them turning out on their own. Usually because they are engaged, even if they believe in crazy stuff like the earth being flat, vaccines causing autism, Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya, etc.
Democrats, especially young ones, tend to be lazy. This is why they are democrats, if they weren't, they would be successful republicans. So it takes a little more effort to get them out.
I kid, but I for one think that voting is a pretty important thing and have always made the effort since I was 18, no matter what. I'd work 60 hour weeks and deal with traffic, yet still show up in person to wait up to an hour to vote. I find the concept of making it so easy that you don't have to put any effort into it counter productive to society. I really don't want people who aren't engaged or willing to put at least some effort into voting actually voting. I also take offense to the concept that I only hold this belief because republicans wouldn't win without restrictions or that I'm racist because of it. I'm not trying to stop anybody from voting and certainly not going out of my way to keep them from voting. I just think people need to accept a little responsibility and planning in order to execute their right to vote.