If you don’t speak, you cant be heard.
If you don’t vote, you can’t cause change.
The candidate for whom you choose to vote is up to you, just as long as you vote.
Although, there are many issues to consider when making your choice, there is still plenty of time to think about who to vote for in the primary.
However, if you haven’t registered, you don’t have much time to do so. The deadline to register to vote in February’s primary is today.
Unfortunately, not everyone who votes researches the candidates or issues thoroughly before making their choice.
It may be more detrimental to democracy to vote uninformed than to not vote at all. Fortunately, the Internet provides a plethora of resources for researching candidates.
For example, the USA Today features an online questionnaire that can help prospective voters compare their views with those of the candidates.
It is available at http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htm.
We also encourage readers to actually use their right to vote.
Young people have turned out to elections in far fewer numbers than older generations in recent years.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the turnout rate for citizens 55 and older was 72 percent in the 2004 election, whereas the rate for 18- to 24-year-olds was 47 percent.
That is a low turn-out of young people who are peculiarly affected by certain policies enacted by elected officials.
The issues considered most important by citizens 55 and older may be vastly different than those of young adults.
Young people are more likely to go to war, are less financially secure, and are most directly affected by higher education policy.
We want students to matter more in this election.
Education is important to the future of this country and students in college are the best group to represent higher education.
It is important to achieve this representation to ensure higher education is adequately financed and young people are given the opportunity to achieve their academic goals.
Aside from this, there are plenty of good reasons for why young people should go to the polls.
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PLEASE SHARE THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION WITH AS MANY READERS AS POSSIBLE:
Thinking about next year’s election … already made up your mind? still deciding? try this FASCINATING website!
Takes about 1-2 minutes.
Having trouble deciding who to vote for in 2008?
This will compare your answers with ALL candidates.
I found this to be of interest …. It did not select the candidate I had expected!
Of even more interest was which were way down the list - and why..
Click on the website below
http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460
I’m sure you’ll want to pass this along to friends … I suggest you do it without disclosing who your candidate was before and after the survey!