Реферат: Loss Of Freedom Through Apathy Essay Research

“I’m sorry I’m really busy right now. I can’t talk.” *click

“Hello I’m calling on behalf of your congressman Bob Toricelli. I’d like to ask

a few questions.”

“Not interested” *click

“Hello I’m calling on behalf of your congressman Bob Toricelli. I’d like to ask

a few questions.”

“I’m tired of hearing about this election.” *click

If I was calling from a telephone company or some other corporate monster

disturbing people with their propaganda, I could understand how their sheer

rudeness could be justified. But I am not calling on behalf of some annoying

telemarketing scheme. I am an eager high school student with a fresh

infatuation with politics. I am polling people about the leader of tomorrow,

who will directly affect the taxes they spend, the wars they go into, and the

moral values that they seem to hold so dear. To take a minute did not seem like

a lot.

In this past election over 52% of the population eligible to vote did not. Many

don’t find anything particularly wrong with this. Their logic being that half

of the nation voting would be just as effective as the entire nation. The

problem with this reasoning is that some groups in America vote in larger

numbers than other groups.

Take for example the elderly in this country. It has been well documented that

senior citizens above 60 have the highest voter turn-out of any age group in

this country. Both Presidential candidates this year have appealed strongly for

medical reforms with this group especially in mind. For Politicians this is the

group that can make or break their election hopes. They will do whatever it

takes to please this group, even if it means stepping all over another group to

please them.

In contrast the age bracket with the lowest voter turn-out are new voters

between 20 and 29. This “X” generation of voters will have their rap music