Voting

I think that it is ridiculous that only about 50% of Americans vote in Presidential elections. It is amazing to me that so few Americans vote, considering we live in a country where citizens have a say in who the public officials will be. I have always been told that voting is important, not only for having a say in the process, but because of what women went through in order to give me the right to vote today. However, I do not think that there should be incentives (such as money) for people to vote, because citizens of the U.S. have the right to vote or to not vote. I agree with my classmates in the sense that if a person does not vote, then that person should not complain about the people who were elected. I believe that voting is one of the greatest freedoms given to the people of this country, and if people choose not to exercise that right then that is a personal decision. It may come down to only 25% (50% of the 50% that vote) who elect the President, and I actually do not see this as a major problem. If a person finds it unimportant to vote, then they probably do not care too much about the issues being voted on. Therefore, the people electing the government officials probably care about the issues and about what is going on the country. As I mentioned, I do think that it is crazy to have such few voters in a democratic country, but the government or politicians should not spend more money than they already do in order to get voters out on election day.