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Continuing on with what I was saying..I remember the "vote or die" campaign on MTV, that was suppossed to target a younger audience I guess. The whole message seemed to be to just get out there and vote. What really was not pushed was finding out who was the best canidate. Sorry to the people who love celebrities who act like they really give a shit if we are voting, but I hate to break it you. P. Diddy does not really give a shit if you vote! Just like we have been talking about in class, it is all fake ass propaganda to promote themselves, not voting! I remember turning on the TV and seeing Paris Hilton with a vote or die t-shirt on...HAHA! Its like a trend for celebrites..ya know? I think it is a bit hypocritical to tell people to get out and, when those jack asses probably do not even know any of the candidates views.
I think this source essay has forced me to find some new pet peeves! These pet peeves being fake ass celebrities, voting without thinking, and people that have these amazing, unalienable that do not use that to their full advantage. Use the resources that are available to you!
Since this is my first year to vote, I want to start researching all the candidates and getting an idea of who I am going to put my support towards. I think I am going to push my room mates to vote, only if they know why they are choosing the candidate.
There was something in that essay about how, when people vote for the names they regognize it hurts liberal and independent candidates. Some people may just see these parties as lap traffic, but I think if everyone researched thoroughly votes for smaller parties would rise.
I wander if this essay might, also relate to people that always vote for the party they consider their own. I guess I have never really understood that whole thing, because no one has the same ideas and views. So, why would you try to put everyone in a box and think they see all things the same. A big part of changing office is what is going to change, so from that one can piece together the best option is to make an educated vote or do not vote!
The argument in the simplest terms is "if you are gonna do something, do it right"! He wants us to vote, but not at the expense of an uneducated decision.
It is crazy that this was written in 1955, it seems like something people would say now. I guess that is frustrating me too, because that has been an issue since 1955! Why are people still doing this? Seems to me, our country worked so hard to get where it is and I would like to benefit from that!
I can not be for sure, but I think this essay undermines the idea that voting is always better than not voting. It shows how the political machines will steal your vote. Your one uneducated decision can cancel one person's researched candidate choice. I have never thought of it that way, but I think that is a hell of a good point! A RECENT idea that this undermines is that people voting unintelligently is a new thing.