“When there is a need to make a decision, the…
best thing is to do the right thing. The second best thing is to do wrong. Worst of all is to do nothing.â€
This phrase belongs to the American president, Theodore Roosevelt…
In today’s american elections, about 80 million Americans will opt for the third solution…
The polls for the american presidential elections have opened and have given the first official results.
With the only difference that according to calculations of analysts of 80 with a 100,000,000 voters who could exercise their right to vote, they will turn their backs on the political system of the united states
Something similar happened in 2012. Of the 241 million. people of voting age, only the 129.100.000 voted for president, a participation rate of just 53,6 %.
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And for many then Obama brought hope…
Now there is the polarization, therefore, despite the increase of the record rate of participation does not appear to be growing.
To the question : “Why most Americans don’t vote?†has been answered by two political scientists. Donald Green of Columbia University and David Nickerson of the University of Temple.
We summarized the reasons that they cited as inhibitory for the attendance of American citizens to the polls in the following:
1) The registration of voters is often difficult in the United States
Tens of millions of Americans just are not registered for to enable them to exercise their right to vote.
Some have been judged as non-eligible, due to the requirements of permits or under state laws. In 2008, the Census bureau found at least 4 million Americans who were in these categories.
Most often, many people simply lose the deadline for the registration: unlike Sweden or Germany, the government of the united states do not automatically record anyone who is eligible to vote. Instead, citizens must remember to register by themselves. And the rules vary from state to state.
2) Many Americans simply don’t believe that voting has no value
Bothered by the long hours of waiting at some polling centres, the Election Day falls on Tuesday, when most have to work, many polling centres do not have infrastructure for people with special needs and other practical problems or just making excuses.
There are, of course, and those who simply don’t care about voting either because it’s you the candidates either because only and only they don’t care.
The two teachers agree that the mistrust has taken root in american society. More affluent people vote at much higher levels, while a poorer community does not believe that the government can address the problems, such as, for example, the problematic schools or high crime rate.
3) The multiple elections
The United States has far more elections than other countries. In a period of four years, the Americans are faced with a barrage of federal, state and local elections. The two teachers did not identify the causes of only in the so-called election fatigue, but also to the risk to establish more easily the habit of not voting at all someone.
4)The presence of only two major κόμματων
Finally, many voters who do not agree with any of the two parties have no other option than to stay in their house while on a multi-party parliamentary system, a voter has more options to choose from.
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What american elections? 80 million Americans will not vote!
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