Deirdre, Are you saying that if more people vote, someone else would be elected and this sort of thing would not happen?
I see no reason to believe that. It would seem that basic statistics is against you on this (FWIW) I know of no theory that postulates: "If all the people who did not vote had voted, then elections would come out different." I DO think that there may be many benefits from getting people more involved with elections (more dialog, more participation, more vlogs!, etc) But I also feel that it will take more than votes to change the "results". I also feel that the difference you point out is important to many: it is our choice to vote or not! at least for the moment ;) The main point is this: with big voter turnouts or not, both places suffered horribly. markus Deirdre Straughan wrote: > Why? Because India, unlike the US, is a truly functioning democracy. > India's hundreds of millions of poor and/or illiterate people VOTE, > and have considerable political clout. > > Everybody's mad at Bush now, for good reason. But, hey, folks, he was > democratically elected by the American people. > > Or was he? > > Less than half of Americans voted in the last presidential election, > and many of those who didn't vote are the poor, young, and anyone else > who feels powerless. I don't think American culture encourages people > to vote, whereas n many European countries, it is AGAINST THE LAW not to. -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.org http://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: msandy spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
