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I decided to look at a different view of voting rights such as what affects people to vote, and if it determines how they vote. As I was thinking about this topic, one reoccurring theme kept showing up - it was the US polling system. This thought is not totally stupid so just hear me out. At the web address shown above is a TIME magazine article discussing how polls affect the voter's psyche on election day. Keep listening, most Americans won't admit this ever but Americans vote to win. That means, if a poll tells them one person is a 70% favorite, then they will vote for them just because they will win. Just like at the race course you want to place your money on the winner not the loser. It makes sense if you really think about it. But, the thing is most polls are liars. Yeah, they lie. People will say anything, aka make up polls to make you vote for their candidate. Sad and depressing I know; but, it is life. Live with it or don't. But there are still questions to ask like, "Do their samplings really reflect public opinion or create it? Are they scientists or self-fulfilling prophets? Do they enhance democracy or menace it?"(TIME May 1968).
I want to focus on the last question in the quote "Do they enhance democracy or menace it?" Well, I am most certainly not an expert, but I can tell you that when one group of people is lying about a topic as important as our next president then it is definitely hurting every ones voting rights. One group's personal opinions should not affect a whole group of uneducated peoples vote. At the start of this blog there was a poll in the margin that stated "Who should be Allowed to Vote". I used to answer that blog with the answer choice of 'Everyone"; but, after this project my answer has become "Only the Educated Few". People are too easily swayed by other peoples opinions and false information to be able to vote "educatedly". Even if people try to educate themselves they are met with false information such as the polling system. So, in conclusion, average Americans, that are uneducated, tend to be hindered by the polling system. Therefore, the polling system intrudes upon the right to vote. To sum it up, polling systems are unconstitutional.
I decided to look at a different view of voting rights such as what affects people to vote, and if it determines how they vote. As I was thinking about this topic, one reoccurring theme kept showing up - it was the US polling system. This thought is not totally stupid so just hear me out. At the web address shown above is a TIME magazine article discussing how polls affect the voter's psyche on election day. Keep listening, most Americans won't admit this ever but Americans vote to win. That means, if a poll tells them one person is a 70% favorite, then they will vote for them just because they will win. Just like at the race course you want to place your money on the winner not the loser. It makes sense if you really think about it. But, the thing is most polls are liars. Yeah, they lie. People will say anything, aka make up polls to make you vote for their candidate. Sad and depressing I know; but, it is life. Live with it or don't. But there are still questions to ask like, "Do their samplings really reflect public opinion or create it? Are they scientists or self-fulfilling prophets? Do they enhance democracy or menace it?"(TIME May 1968).
I want to focus on the last question in the quote "Do they enhance democracy or menace it?" Well, I am most certainly not an expert, but I can tell you that when one group of people is lying about a topic as important as our next president then it is definitely hurting every ones voting rights. One group's personal opinions should not affect a whole group of uneducated peoples vote. At the start of this blog there was a poll in the margin that stated "Who should be Allowed to Vote". I used to answer that blog with the answer choice of 'Everyone"; but, after this project my answer has become "Only the Educated Few". People are too easily swayed by other peoples opinions and false information to be able to vote "educatedly". Even if people try to educate themselves they are met with false information such as the polling system. So, in conclusion, average Americans, that are uneducated, tend to be hindered by the polling system. Therefore, the polling system intrudes upon the right to vote. To sum it up, polling systems are unconstitutional.
"Do Polls Help Democracy?." TIME 18 May 1968: n. pag. Web. 21 Apr 2010. .
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