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Originally Posted by pinkfloyd45769
I'm still not sure who i'm voting for,i'm leaning towards Obama.I jusy can't wait for change and i'm hoping things get better soon after we get a new president.I would like to have been able to have Hillary in there and i actually thought she would make it.
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Hillary is FINALLY on the Obama band wagon. If you were going to vote for her, you should probably throw your vote his way. In our glorious bipartisan government, the individual mostly winds up voting along party lines as opposed to for the particular political figure they are most aligned with... Obama is more simpatico to Hillary than McCain is. If you truly support Hillary, then you should vote Obama. This is a pretty important election. Don't exclude yourself because Hillary's out.
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Originally Posted by Leprucky Cougar
Awesome responses guys. And from my intro you all know I am a democrat and support Obama. Not a registered voter though, I don't turn 18 til 4.5 weeks after the eletion. However, if and when Obama is president I plan on writing a letter either to him or congress itself; asking them to ammendment the clause in the constitution for voting requirements. I think the election process should be like the olympics. You shouldn't be 18 by November 4th but by the election year. The way the olympics works is that the youngest age to compete is 16. However if you eventually turn 16 in that olympic year you can compete at 16. I think the same should apply here. If you turn 18 in the election year (as I do), it shouldn't matter if you turn 18 by the election date. You should still be allowed to vote--whether it be supplement or absentee ballot.
Because you have to think about all of those people born between November 5th and December 31st 1990--all of which probably are decided, know what they want, know who represents them. But because of a rather ambiguous age clause are not allowed to. That's millions of willing, yet underprivledged voters who could potentially help their parties, but instead have to wait four more years to try to help what was already corupted the past eight.
If I ever become a politician, (which I really hope happens) these are some issues and viewpoints I would want to stress in my campaign. Focusing on the meticulous issues, not just the broad and "normal" points every four years gets debated on National Television. They're all equally important and are things that we all should be cognizant of. :)
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Right.
Social issues. National Defense. War. Struggling Economy. Universal Healthcare. Education bills.
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Changing the legislation around voting age.
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;)
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But snarkiness aside, I wouldn't necessarily go after changing the
age limit rule. I think that people should have to have a
license to vote. You need a license to drive, a license to own a gun... You should have a license to vote.
Case in point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxECcTjCuw
Good GOD that makes me very VERY sad to be an American.
I have NO qualms in taking the vote from the masses and putting it in the hands of the few...
as long as I can choose the few.
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But anyway. Vote Obama.