voting now and then

Richard Lowe
English 1020
February 12, 2008
Wendy Sumner
Reading this article the first thing that jumped out to me was how the United States had to force people to vote. That is something that I thought I would never see, I know that some people thought that there was no point in voting but reading this made it seem like half of the people in the States decided not to vote for one reason or another. No one really can to mind when I was reading, if anything just anyone that is trying to run for office they would be trying to tell anyone to get out and vote because that increase their chance to win. That is the whole point of the people voting, proving to the United States that I am a better president than you and while you are in office rubbing that in the opponents face. That is just my opinion I know if I was in office I would be doing that exact thing. I really do not think that election are made for everybody and I think that I am one of those people that really are not meant to vote I have a little history in the politics and I have made up my mind to not continue my pursuit to become some kind of office holder. In my opinion the vote goes to whoever can tell the best lie and sometime the good guy will win but it does not happen enough times for me to get up and try to vote and the fact that I am a minority that also make it harder for me to get my voice heard. All the election and speeches that I used to listening to were lies and I really do not like the idea of being lied to that is why voting is not meant for everyone.
This particular article has an audience to all who are looking for background information on what it was like to vote, and for the ones that are of age to vote that are registered to vote and do not vote, also included the one that have not yet registered to vote. Really it is just commercial selling and that is something that everybody has to do just to get their point across. This world is full of competition and it will never get old as long as others have their own point of view. There is nothing particular to say about this situation because there will always be competitors, that drives people to want become the best in what they do, that is why they need votes and the people to participate in the events such as voting. The audience is being targeted for the commercials are for the ones that are not buying the product, they want them to stop buying the others and start buying theirs. My ending point after reading this is that everyone should vote even if you do not want to or like to vote it is law. In the text they made people and the ones that did had problems with the government. That is something that I would not want to deal with so I would have ended up voting. Just because when it comes to the government the people are not willing to stand up for the rights and everything else that they believe in and deserve.
The government is in control even though it should be the other way around. I never would have guessed how long ago it was written but I am surprised at how recent it was that the people did not want to vote that just makes it irrelevant for those blacks that fought for the rights of blacks and the woman to vote. I really am not that good in history but I am sure around that time woman both black and white or just blacks in general, finally got the right to vote. So when the thought of people that do not want to comes to mind I really do not think that it is the people in the States I think that it is the people that were running in the election. They were the ones that really needed to be forced to change was the government not the people. The people should not be afraid of their government the government should be afraid of the people.