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Autumn

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21. How can we provide our own reason to vote if the ones we have to vote for

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 05:12 PM

Sep 2014

don't give us a reason to vote for them or motivate us to vote for them? If our party cannot be counted upon to perform when we require them to preform what is the use in voting for them? I have never rewarded bad behavior in my children or family members why should I reward the ones that I vote to represent my values and needs when their behavior is bad.

I can be motivated to vote easily, shouldn't the ones I vote for be motivated to represent me? You just can't get people to motivate themselves to elect someone to power and wealth just to watch them screw over the very ones who voted for them. The veil has been lifted and now with the power of the internet politicians need to realize that the games are not working any more. We see their actions and back room deals clearly.

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B CLINTON "Our side’s not used to voting in midterms-We gotta get used to it-There’s a lot at stake” [View all] kpete Sep 2014 OP

Amen and amen! Peacetrain Sep 2014 #1

Our side has grown tired of being ignored and taken for granted. CentralMass Sep 2014 #2

Staying home is a great way of getting ignored. JoePhilly Sep 2014 #4

I haven't missed an opportunity to vote since 1978, when I turned 18. CentralMass Sep 2014 #5

Your earlier comment gave a different impression in this context. riqster Sep 2014 #9

I would suggest that the voting electorate feeling as if they are being ignored is the norm. CentralMass Sep 2014 #20

So is voting, apparently Scootaloo Sep 2014 #14

Not in my experience. JoePhilly Sep 2014 #19

GOTV will be huge in November. MineralMan Sep 2014 #3

Absolutely. All we have to do to see that this is true is look back to 2012. And I suspect this has jwirr Sep 2014 #6

Did he sleep through 2006? leftstreet Sep 2014 #7

2006 was atypical. riqster Sep 2014 #10

Yes. A rare sighting of Spined-Democratic Politicians n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #13

And a rare sighting of that elusive creature, riqster Sep 2014 #16

Yes, it was atypical, because the Democrats gave us something worth voting for them over Scootaloo Sep 2014 #15

One way of looking at it. I differ. riqster Sep 2014 #17

GOTFV. Rinse and repeat. riqster Sep 2014 #8

Sept 23... National Register to Vote Day handmade34 Sep 2014 #11

Yes there is a lot at stake. That's why Democratic politicians should Autumn Sep 2014 #12

It's a question of focus. riqster Sep 2014 #18

How can we provide our own reason to vote if the ones we have to vote for Autumn Sep 2014 #21

Well, I think "our side" voted in the 2006 Midterms but Cha Sep 2014 #22