Wednesday, September 17, 2008

My Duty to Vote..democrat or republican?

Two films were viewed on Monday stating the duty that, we, 18-20 year-olds have to vote. The speakers kept saying that it was so prized in the early 1900’s people 18 and older were given the right to vote, out of guilt. The House of Congress felt that if people that were 18 were going over to fight for our country, they should be given a chance to vote. The fact of today is that teenagers aren’t voting and that only 11 percent of 18-20 year olds show up for the event. There were many biases in these videos. One was whether democrat or republican was the way to go. Most young people prefer democrat because of college. When one looks at health benefits in college, it brings up a money issues because of tuition rates going up. The thing is with voting, however, is that teenagers are giving older people the right to choose our future and the next generations future. It’s been stated that “oh well my vote won’t count I don’t think that one votes going to change anything.” In fact for every person that says that about a thousand have that mentality. Because of that, it’s no wonder senators and people of the government wonder about revoking the voting age from 18-20, and making it from 21 and older, which are one of the biggest arguments. Instead of staying in bed, go out and vote, it’s a duty and privilege.

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