Saddest Voting Record Ever

[praguegretchen]

Misha and I were arguing last night about politics. My point being that if you don't vote, you should shut the hell up. I would have said the same thing to an American who refused to exercise their right as well. So I looked up the voter turnout statistics. In a mere five elections, the turnout has dropped to roughly half the population. And

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[dusterx]

I agree, as voting is the most direct way of power of people over the government. otherwise the power justs gets spread on top the less people vote, and democracy is power vested people as everyone knows. So not to vote, is a ridiculous thing, especially in the country where you are almost certain, elections are fair.