Upcoming Election

The election is in about 2 months.

I'm sure a lot of you aren't registered to vote, and I'm also sure some of you are registered to vote but aren't going to vote.

Even though I definitely don't agree with this I kind of do understand - actually, I'm just trying to understand. I think the problem is when you're so young you don't seem to want care about issues older people might want to care about. Average adults usually have other aspects of their life in check, therefore being able to familiarize them selves and care about important world issues. I'm not saying the youth shouldn't care about these issues, but when you're so young, concerned with so many things, worried about so much, it's easy to forget about the other important factors that affect you. You're clouded by adolescence, dazed by glitterati; you find it hard to care.

But the point is it's going to be important to care at one time or another; why not just start now? Some of you might not feel like politicians aren't paying attention to you. But with fewer than only one in five teens voting would you be confident in today's youth?? Would you really want to address issues if you knew about less than half of teens would care??

It'd be much better if parents took a played a bigger part in informing their children about voting. When parents talk about politics with their kids, when they participate themselves, when they take their kids to vote with them, that all this leads to a higher level of interest in politics among the children. However, even a lot of adults don't vote. This is where I definitely don't have any sympathy. This is where I ask, "Why do you live here? . Some people might respond (this would really piss me off) "I pay taxes. That's enough." If you think paying taxes is enough, then move your ass to Canada where you'll reap great benefits for double the tax amount. You don't deserve to live here. You're screwing voter turnout because your children are probably thinking voting isn't that important either! *angry face*

On the brighter side, they even have the WWE trying to get people to vote through "Smackdown Your Vote! Even wrestlers are trying to get people involved! Woohoo!

One problem though: Voting during normal business hours. Hello? People are working??
This doesn't make it any easier for people to vote. It freaking sucks.