tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post4846448586949190299..comments2023-10-06T06:29:02.689-04:00Comments on A Bright Cape: The voting booth is the not the keySkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-47029990468688272792012-11-08T08:41:05.676-05:002012-11-08T08:41:05.676-05:00Here is the thing: Getting a voter who doesn'...Here is the thing: Getting a voter who doesn't know the issues and who isn't leveraging their vote for positive change to the polls isn't bad. It also isn't good. It isn't hurting anyone for random.mcgee to vote but we shouldn't be too self congratulatory that he did either. Getting people to invest in politics and vote accordingly is a real, worthy goal.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086764876629036045.post-5944274417623160182012-11-07T22:37:31.251-05:002012-11-07T22:37:31.251-05:00I agree heartily with your support for proportiona...I agree heartily with your support for proportional representation. <br /><br />Encouraging people to vote is, I think, a wonderful thing, although I agree that the fervour with which we advocate it should be also applied to all those other forms of improving democracy.<br /><br />Although you are not really pooh-poohing voting, I think that the tone of this post could easily give that emotional impression. If your goal is to get more people on board for representative democracy I think that a different tone might win support to your side much more effectively. If your goal is catharsis however I defer to your personal judgement. This has been a LONG US election cycle after all.Matt Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06532354277848905275noreply@blogger.com