Because it has been shown over and over and over again that you can motivate more people to vote against someone (or thing) than you can get them to vote for. Also it is a proven behavioral response that if you disgust voters enough, they won’t go out to vote at all.
So our system these days is all about suppression and discouragement. We need serious reform where voting is mandatory and paid holidays are declared for voting. And that would be just the start of reforms needed.
Good idea, Darsan. That idea sure worked well in the old Soviet Union. How about this: maybe the lazy and entrenched people who don’t bother to look at the candidates’ records, and the ones stupid and gullible enough to be swayed by the negative ads should just stay home. Low voter turnout is not always a bad thing. In fact, maybe you should just stay home yourself.
There should be a default program that negates and invalidates all straight party voting because it’s apparent they’re too thick or simple-minded to comprehend individual candidate attributes; and probably haven’t bothered to compare them anyway.
Darsan54 Premium Member about 10 years ago
Because it has been shown over and over and over again that you can motivate more people to vote against someone (or thing) than you can get them to vote for. Also it is a proven behavioral response that if you disgust voters enough, they won’t go out to vote at all.
So our system these days is all about suppression and discouragement. We need serious reform where voting is mandatory and paid holidays are declared for voting. And that would be just the start of reforms needed.
nataliekaylaben about 10 years ago
Good idea, Darsan. That idea sure worked well in the old Soviet Union. How about this: maybe the lazy and entrenched people who don’t bother to look at the candidates’ records, and the ones stupid and gullible enough to be swayed by the negative ads should just stay home. Low voter turnout is not always a bad thing. In fact, maybe you should just stay home yourself.
Bob. about 10 years ago
Radical-Knight about 10 years ago
There should be a default program that negates and invalidates all straight party voting because it’s apparent they’re too thick or simple-minded to comprehend individual candidate attributes; and probably haven’t bothered to compare them anyway.