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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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 Posted - 07/26/2013 : 01:10:01 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Machi4velli
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
how can you truly have a democracy when a majority (or at least very close to a majority) of the eligible population won't bother to cast their vote?
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More than a majority of eligible people has voted in nearly every presidential election in the U.S., at least since every state voted for president popularly (some states had their popularly elected officials make the states' decisions for a time before these statistics). 1996 and 1924 the most recent counterexamples, the minimum turnout ever is 48.9.
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I read from Wikipedia that the fateful year of 2000, when the biggest presidential cluster-fuck in the modern history of USA was elected, only 50.3% voted. It's hard to get much closer than half of the eligible population.
But as you said, mid term elections has less voter turnout. That's also sad, because they are almost as important.
The cynic in me tells me to be pragmatic and wait it out:
If GOP manage to make themselves irrelevant, then Democrats might be able to reclaim USA from corporate fascism.
If GOP takes over, then USA will self destruct and make the country irrelevant to the rest of the world. It might destabilise the planet for a while, but eventually we'll be rid of Pax Americana, and there will be much rejoicing.
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
4826 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2013 : 05:38:52 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Machi4velli
Originally posted by Valiant Dancer
AHA!!!
Found a link to it finally.
link here
This is the legislation of which I speak. One that was not allowed to come to the floor for a vote by the Democrat leadership.
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Thanks.
Silly language on the first page already "without ... (5) instituting a government takeover of healthcare"
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This is the government.
They have bills full of silly language.
"When I make a joke, people laugh. When you make a joke, it becomes a law." -- Will Rogers speaking to Congress. |
Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
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Has the G.O.P. Gone Off the Deep End?
