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Originally Posted by Captain Kawaii
I think the problem with getting legal citizens to the election ballot box is obviously people think their elected officials are ignoring the interests of common citizens and playing instead to special interests and corporations. There is no one to vote for if you oppose amnesty or so-called "immigration reform". The politicians who do have citizens and legal immigrants rights and interests in mind have no chance of winning.
This situation creates apathy.
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Immigration and immigration reform are just two small pieces of the apathy puzzle in this country. You said it when you said that people don't vote because they feel like their elected officials are ignoring the interests of the common citizen. That is very true. My brother has never voted because he says they are all the same and they will what they are going to do no matter what. There are others who just don't care one way or the other and there are tons of people who each have their own issues with our elected officials and those issues lead them not to vote.
We also have a large group of people who will simply vote for someone because of what party they are in or based on one issue. I remember seeing an interview with a couple in Ohio during the Obama/McCain election. The news person asked who they thought the better person for the job was and they said Obama. When asked if they were then going to vote for him they said no. They said they can never vote for any candidate who is pro-choice. So for them if there are two candidates, one is pro-life and the other pro-choice they will always vote for the pro-lifer even if they disagree with everything else on his/her platform.
One of the great things about this country is that every citizen gets to vote. One of the bad things about this country is that every citizen gets to vote.