Reasons for Why Voting Is Important

Voting and expressing the differing opinions of different groups is vital to equal representation by our politicians to the overall needs of the people.

1. If the poor or different groups of minorities do not vote and the white middle classes do, politicians will be "descriptively unrepresentative." The policy preferences of the unrepresented groups will get "short shrift" from the government.

2. Groups being unrepresented weakens the whole polity of the country because groups who feel ignored are likely to feel that the government does not care for them and become disloyal the country. It would contribute to the lower classes feelings of alienation. In other words, a smaller feeling of efficacy.

3. It is a sign of poor civic health. It shows that the American people are too lazy, or too caught up in the pursuit of business, or are too apathetic to vote.

4. The basic principle of a democratic government is that it derives all of its just powers from the consent of the governed. It is the citizen's responsibility to renew or terminate the legitimate authority of the officials and it is a basic right that must be exercised by all citizens or else voting can never be accurate in representing the opinions of all groups and not just old folks and middle class whites.

5.In the past when there have been large groups of refrainers, sudden, radical shifts in power occur. Eliminating refrianers by having them vote is critical to avoid an uncertain future.

6.Encouraging voting would increase the chances for a more a politically literate population.

7. The people begin thinking that on the part of a large number of citizens, anything will change substantially for the better by voting.

8. It is a sign of taking our right for granted. If we do not utalize it to its fullest, what the point of having such a process if it is not accurate?

9.People who vote tend to be smarter and have a college education more often than those who do not vote.