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Young people in America don't vote. If they want politicians to start paying attention to their problems (like student loan reform) they need to start voting. Who they vote for is less important then whether they vote.
My idea is have the media make as big of a deal out of the demographics' voting
participation as the voting results themselves. Companies could even give away incentives for demographics that improved their voting participation. If a demographic bumped participation up 10% from 4 years ago they could even get a trophy.
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One of the USA presidents gave every tax payer a check for voting back in the last century. He made it up to us later though. |
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Oh please let's increase election madness. |
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I'm an old person and I don't vote, besides which I
don't care for trophies. |
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//Now we're playing Race War, the real game. You realize, of course, this is gonna quickly turn into 'Kill Whitey'.//
One of the best things about being British is that it is extraordinarily hard to imagine the evidently reflexive mental gymnastics necessary to switch from (A) "demographics" to (B) "kill whitey". However, in this instance I am curious to understand at least what direction you have to be facing at A to make B seem like a logical destination. |
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[+] Better yet, instead of a trophy, just let the
corporate sponsors do what comes naturally. |
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Companies LOVE giving coupons/promotions. It's
just part of their marketing budget after all. |
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So, imagine Taco Bell giving 10% off all purchases the
week after election day but only if the 18-32 demo
goes over x%. |
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Or, Walgreens DOUBLING their Senior Discount
Tuesdays for a month if the 55+ category voted more
than x%. |
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They'd pile on to this like flies on honey. |
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I have a better plan. Delegate voting to the citizens
of another country. |
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This would make things more interesting for both
countries. |
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That's a good idea. Somebody is making money from importing cheaper goods from elsewhere. No doubt the same could be done for voting. |
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Think of all the time you'd save not having to research the issues and candidates. |
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You've missed the best bit: all the political
campaigning would take place abroad. |
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Even better - you'd get to vote in Jamaican
elections, and would have Jamaican candidates
touring the US, which would be more fun for
everyone. |
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//Who they vote for is less important then whether
they vote.// |
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How can that possibly be true? |
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// Who they vote for is less important then whether they vote. How can that possibly be true? |
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Well here in America the game is rigged and the conservative party has been hijacked by the Tea Party (as far right as you can get).. and it's this way because those people vote in primaries. So your demographic voting could actually influence the positions the candidates take in a way that just voting for a candidate wouldn't. |
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I happen to be here in America, and if your concern
is with the primary system, it didnt come through in
the idea. Using uninformed, apathetic voters to
dullute those that you don't agree with does not
sound like a great idea to me, though. |
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Can we have fewer voters who are more informed,
instead of more voters? |
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An "informed" voter today, likely is "informed" by
watching a lot of Fox News or CNBC. |
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So, it's not like an increase in those "informed"
voters will make much difference in our corporate
oligarchy. |
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Bringing more participation from the "uninformed"
may lead to more progressive measures, as
"uninformed" people (in polls) often want less wars,
legalized weed, increased minimum wage, increased
environmental protections. |
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Yes, the "lower information" voters can be swayed by
propaganda, but it's a fallacy to think those who are
drinking koolaid non-stop are somehow "more
informed". |
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