Why We Have The Governments We do.

Basically it’s our fault. Us. The voters…or more specifically the voters that do not vote.

Check out the percentage of eligible voters that actually have voted in elections. Most are below 50%.

Think. If 50% of the voters vote, that means that the winner was elected by only 25.1% of the eligible voters. One voter out of four.

In most primary elections it’s much lower. Like 20 to 40 percent vote. So candidates are picked by 10.1 to 20.1 percent of eligible voters. One in ten to 2 in ten.

And you wonder why there are so many really questionable people elected? Yes, money is a factor but it’s the VOTERS THAT ELECT PEOPLE, NOT MONEY.

If you REALLY are fed up and REALLY want a better local, state, or federal government…YOU NEED TO REGISTER AND VOTE…IN ALL ELECTIONS…THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT.

If you REALLY think that 10% of the people REALLY know who the best person to make the laws and policies that affect ALL of us, then you deserve the governments you chose…and yes, not voting IS a choice. You CHOSE not to vote. You CHOSE to allow others to choose the people that make the laws that affect YOU as well as everyone else. Not voting is an abdication of responsibility, to the country, to the state, but more importantly…TO YOURSELF.

You chose to be silent in choosing YOUR representatives. You CHOSE to allow others to hire YOUR employee to run YOUR business, the governments, state, local, and federal.

Are you REALLY happy having people that only 25% of the electorate has chosen?

 

REALLY?