Satire Essay On Voting

Voting: A Waning Responsibility May 9, 2016 – This is the starting date of the 2016 presidential elections. How do I know this? I googled it twenty minutes into writing this article. One of the most influential and important days in this decade and I only found out about it a few moments ago. That’s a sad thing to behold right there. Ever-growing is the youth’s ignorance about the society’s current events and social issues. A Political Science Freshman like me, even with the supposed love for politics and government, only just found out about when the elections are going to happen. I’m not trying to generalize all of youth. I’m sure that a lot of young adults have a real concern for the country but I’m also sure that sure that many,

“No. Really because I feel the whole registration process is hassle so there's that obstacle. Also I feel like my one vote wouldn't really make that big of a difference so it wouldn't matter if I didn't vote.” Hassle it is. The holes and mountains one must go through to vote are just too intimidating. Faulty machines, hot weather, long lines the list goes on. But we fail to recognize that there is one other thing that is discouraging youth from being pro-active in the elections and that is corruption. Living in the digital age, the young generation are getting exposed to countless corrupt acts that happen from local to national

As mentioned above, no time has there been as much exposure for the young generation to all of the political intricacies, issues and events than there is now. The availability of information and ease of access, should give them a reason to research, look up each and every candidate in the running. Unlike the current generation, people back then did not have the internet in their time, they did not have the luxury of being able to really get to know the people who are running for office. This makes the youth’s role in the elections all the more important as they should take up whole heartedly the label of being an “educated youth”. It’s so easy for the young people all over the country to rant about corruption and how our government is failing us but are they doing their part in solving the problem. Are they being responsible citizens as well? I have no problem with saying that the people who did not vote or the people who did not vote wisely have right to complain about anything in our government. It’s supposed to be a two-way process between the government and its people. If one doesn’t cooperate, nothing will get