Let's Not Get Out The Vote

This article is very interesting because the majority of people do want more people to vote, but in reality the people that do not vote should not vote. More than likely they are not prepared enough to make a logical decision about the candidates. Their vote for the person with “the shortest name” or the person with the best hair will not help our country. We need to vote for people who will benefit our country. These people who have not prepared themselves with enough information about the candidates should not vote. Voting is a privilege, and it should not be taken for granted. This article’s main focus is do not vote if you are not prepared.
I believe the speaker is involved in politics somehow because most voters would not get this upset about who votes. If I was involved in politics, and I did not win because of six-sevenths of a vote, I would be very upset. The author feels the same way. If you lose because of the people who voted for the person with “the shortest name” or the best hair, anyone would be upset. It is ridiculous the way some people decide who to vote for.
The author intends for this article to be directed towards all voters. The author wants everyone to know that your vote does not help if you are only voting because of their name or any other feature that has nothing to do with their political intentions. While still establishing that voting is important, the author wants everyone to know that voting is only important if you have prepared yourself with enough information to make a logical decision on who would be the best candidate. The author seems to write this article to speak to all voters but to target the voters that vote based on features and not on the things that matter.
The phrase “Vote or Die” became popular recently thanks to P. Diddy. This phrase takes a different approach because it encourages everyone to vote. It is important to vote, but if you do not know anything about the candidates, your vote will not help. While emphasizing the “Vote of Die” phrase, celebrities decided to join in the campaign. Celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, and Mariah Carey backed up the campaign. However, Paris Hilton and Ludacris did not even register to vote. That sets a really good example. Their intentions were good, but you cannot encourage people to vote, when you are not voting either. This campaign intended to target everyone verses the “Get Out The Vote” campaign targets the voters who vote just to vote. “Vote or Die” intended to encourage everyone to vote no matter what you know about the candidates.
I agree with the “Get Out The Vote” campaign because there is no point in voting if you have no evidence to support your decision. You are just voting to vote, which does nothing for our candidates or our country. I think voting is a very important aspect of
being a citizen, but if you have not prepared yourself with enough information to make a logical decision on which candidate to vote for, then you are causing more harm than good.
Surprisingly, this article was written in 1955. This is shocking that the same problems we are experiencing today were happening fifty-three years ago. It is sad to think that over this many years, people have still not figured out the importance of voting. Voting is more than just picking whoever sounds good, but this will probably be a problem for many years to come. It is also shocking that in 1955 the right to vote for everyone, women and men, had not been in place for very long. It seems as if this problem started from the very beginning. I’m sure the people in history who suffered so much for the right to vote would be so angry to know that what they fought so hard for is being taken for granted. People died for the right to vote, and we get the right to vote because of what they did. Out of respect for those people, we should prepare ourselves with enough information to make a logical decision based on important issues.
This article encourages people to vote, but at the same time encourages people not to vote. The author wants people to realize that voting for the person with “the shortest name” is not right. You are doing no good if that is your basis for voting for that candidate. The author encourages everyone to take advantage of their right to vote but to do so in an educated fashion. The author sums the meaning of his article up in one line, “It is not your duty to vote, but if you choose to, then it should be your duty to be intelligent about it.”