Get Out The Vote

"Get Out The Vote", is a voting phrase that has been used

for decades. Although it is heavily used, it does not have

clear meaning. This has caused controversy over the phrase.

When I hear the phrase, "Get Out The Vote", it tells

me to just vote for anybody, but make sure you vote. How

could this possibly be good for America? In this article, I

imagine the speaker as an educated Political Surveyor, who

is targeting all voters whether educated or uneducated. It

is more than likely that he represents a Minor Party. Minor

parties are definetly hurt by the "Get Out The Vote"

movement. Uneducated voters usually go out and pick the

most familiar name or the opposite party of the most

familiar name. Minor parties do not have the same

privelages as Major parties. They do not bring in nearly as

much money to get their names out. This only gives votes

to the major parties, leaving the minor parties unknown and

unvoted for. Although sometimes they have better ideas, the

lack of funds basically wipes them out of the presidential

election. The writer asks, "Is this what Thomas Jefferson

wanted?" I am pretty sure that this is probably the

complete opposite of what Thomas Jefferson wanted. He

wanted a fair system that would give a fair chance to all

candidates in the Presidential elections. If minority

parties were on the same level in the playing field, they

could possibly win the presidential office. Until this

happens, the only two parties that will have a chance are

the Democrats and Republicans.

Another obstacle that affects minor parties is

generation voting. In many households, there is a preferred

major party. The parents start their children off young

telling them what party is preferred by them. This usually

affects how their seeds vote when they get older. Some

citizens never really vote for themselves, they vote for

whom they were taught to vote for whether they are the best

option or not. If they were educated voters, they would

seek to find out who are the best candidates in every

election. This is another major milestone for minor parties

to get over.

Robert Coulson has valid ideas in this article. Voting

is an important matter and privelage. Voters should do all

that they can to be well educated about all of the

candidates. If you do not know anything about the

candidates, how can you vote for them? He talks about

political machines stealing votes from voters because of

lack of knowledge. Most voters only know about a couple of

the candidates. After voting for the people that they know

about, they usually just go down the list and vote for

others that they know nothing about. This is unfair to the

candidates as well as the United States of America.

Although voting is important, is there really anything

wrong with not voting at all? Not voting could be the best

option for some citizens. If you are being lazy, that is

one thing, but if you really do not feel that any of the

are worthy, that is another. We have to remember that

voting is a privelage not a law! In the 1950's, they even

talked about taking legal action against people who did not

vote. There is no way that this could be constitutional.

Another obstacle that affects minor parties is

generation voting. In many households, there is a preferred

major party. The parents start their children off young

telling them what party is preferred by them. This usually

affects how their seeds vote when they get older. Some

citizens never really vote for themselves, they vote for

whom they were taught to vote for whether they are the best

option or not. If they were educated voters, they would

seek to find out who are the best candidates in every

election. This is another major milestone for minor parties

to get over.

It is a little strange that this article was written

in the 1950's, and we still use the phrase today. It is

also weird that over fifty years has passed and this

article is still relevant. The same voting practices still

happen today, and there is no sign that it will ever stop!

Will we ever get tired of the same thing and do something

new? Only time will be able to tell if we will continue to

repeat history or take advantage of it in the future.

"Get Out The Vote" is a controversial voting phrase

that is commonly used. Although it sounds good, it can

easily be misunderstood and misinterpreted. In order to

have more effective and educated voting, this phrase needs

to be explained more. "Get Out The Vote" has been overused,

is outdated, and needs to be replaced by politicians.