Not voting, when you are eligible, is a very serious action.
It is worse than forgetting to take out the trash, but not as catastrophic as forgetting to give a patient his medicine.
By not voting one shows contempt for the Party or Candidate they are presumed to support, and tacit agreement with the Party they claim or are assumed to Oppose.
In Jamaica, there was a 43% voter turn out for the National Election.
Jamaica is a nation which takes, or took, politics very seriously. In some places, without exaggeration, it was a matter of life and death.
A 78% turn out must be understood are high in that many dead people are on the list; as well as those in prison or hospitals. A real understand of this number, taking every thing into consideration, is closer to 90% of all persons capable of voting, Vote.
To hit the low of 43% where the ‘winner’ holds only 1 seat more than the loser, is shocking. Save if one understands how the Leader of the People’s National Party (PNP) turned so many people against her by actions which are attributed to her Advisors and forced resignation of two extremely popular sitting Members of Parliament.
She didn’t inspire, so many people who were and are supporters, stayed home, leaving those who supported the Jamaica Labour Party went to vote, but not in droves, for many were angry at their Party for allowing the Tivoli Incursion and the deaths of 100 members of the JLP who were killed during that campaign.
In America there were people who did not support Trump and were vehemently against him. But Hilary Clinton did not inspire them. They couldn’t vote for Trump and just could not vote for Clinton.
Some were supporters of Bernie Sandoff, whom they felt had the nomination stolen from him. This feeling could not be supplanted by the need to block Trump.
Although the popular vote did got to Hilary Clinton, the twisted position of the Electoral College gave Trump the necessary votes.
Sitting a thousand miles away, I survey the racist appointments made by Trump, his nasty speech and attitude and can remove a smirk from my face.
Trump is like the loud mouthed tourist, in his Hawaiian shirt, half drunk and shouting at the bell boy or the room maid, or a taxi driver, because he is an AMERICAN and there are only Jamaicans.
This arrogance, this attitude is something we have come to expect. So seeing a buffoon in the White House tends to underline, bold face, and set off in quotes what we see, who we know as Americans.
For them to elect a guy who makes Idi Amin seem a gentleman, and is on par with Duterte of the Phillipines, a guy of questionable morality who shoots of his mouth without belief that there can be any dispute.
No longer can America mock the 3rd and 4th World leaders, they have the biggest clown in the circus.
And unlike others who have to put up with those who seise power and refuse to leave office, and don’t pretend to be a democracy, Americans Elected Trump.
Those who sat on their vote put him into office as much as those who cast their ballots.
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“Bad politicians are elected by good people who don't vote.” Hmmm … ? LOL. Tell that to the voters who voted for Hillary Clinton.
Not so sure I agree with that button. You see … supposedly the reason Donald Trump was not elected was because … well! … he's not a politician.
You mighty right! He's not a politician. Looks to me like he's aiming for a monarchy, setting himself up as king!
Oh but what do I know? I don't vote! I pray instead. Have my prayers worked? We're still a free country. That's what I prayed for all these years. So I'm gonna say “Yes! Yes they did!” I believe that. So I'm going to keep praying.
What happened in Jamaica with the 43% turn out was shocking, because a lot of people didn't vote. I know of people who hate Trump but when it was Election day did not vote for Hilary. The fact is, if people were inspired, they would have voted PNP or Dems... but they weren't.
Can't speak for other US citizens, but I do know having lived in America my entire life, I can honestly say that the 2016 POTUS election was the very first time I ever seriously pondered “Do we really need a President? Can we govern ourselves without one?” I was actually wondering if it was realistic possibility. The more the campaign dragged on, the more I thought about it. First time I ever assessed that neither candidate was “worth a fart in a windstorm”. The most I can hope and pray for is that “We the people” do know how to govern ourselves and defend our free country. We're going to have to inspire ourselves.
You know if there was a 'direct' democracy, the people didn't elect a representative but voted on issues, things would be 'real'. But everyone elects someone to represent them and that person does what s/he pleases.
I personally believe in what I think you do...a theocratic anarchy...
I don't know what a “theocratic anarchy” is. Never heard those two terms put side by side. In my mind, the phrase seems contradictory.
I've never been a voter that's just something me and my family never did. And our voted really never matter. It's always the electoral votes that does. They say it's still good to vote though just to see the people percentage and how they feel.
when you don't vote, it often works to the advantage of the 'other side' as in this case where nearly half the population didn't vote.