11-05-2002, 06:26 PM
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Silent majority doesn't get what it wants; they leave it for the vocal minorities to dictate policy.
This is true. I just simply do not have the means to make it to the place where I am a registered voter. It just ain't gonna happen. The roads are shit and it takes me 25 minutes on good roads to get from work to class. It's not that I just don't want to vote, I can't. I had to be to work at 7 this morning... When the polls open.. I get out of class at 10... When the polls close.
Don't get me wrong; I'm not looking to preach. If I didn't work at a job that I can get to late I might not have voted - especially in this mid-term election.
Voting gets its own sub-cultures. For example, if you belong to a union, they always tell you who they want you to vote for. Again though, it is effective.