{"id":4527,"date":"2016-11-18T09:49:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T14:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=4527"},"modified":"2025-08-24T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:27:37","slug":"vote-no-on-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2016\/11\/18\/vote-no-on-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote No On Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every Four years Americans storm the voting booths to vote for his or her presidential hopeful that could change the course of history.<\/p>\n

There are numerous reasons to vote, which could be recited like the Pledge of Alliance. However why are millions of Americans not voting?
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\u201cThere are millions of people who are voting and just my single one does not count. First, look at who we have to for vote for, no thank you,\u201d Chris Leyon, a college student who sees nothing of value in his vote, said. Leyon echoes an opinion that none of the candidates are great choices and voting for either would be a waste of time.<\/p>\n

Melissa Pires who has immigrant parents said she did not vote because Americans will always get the person who they wanted elected.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf America is really sexist, homophobic or trans-phobic the winner of this election will reflect it and my vote will not change that at all. By Trump winning the circus of an election this proves to be true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although many voters both young and old may agree with Leyon and Pires, throughout many elections the same reasons for not voting have shown up numerous times. Like those college students, many feel that their vote doesn\u2019t matter, and because of that they won\u2019t vote. Also the way we can register to vote is also a deciding reason someone may or may not vote.<\/p>\n

Thomas Williams, an out of state student, said he didn\u2019t vote because he couldn\u2019t make it home, which is where he\u2019s registered to vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to vote, but I am not registered in Presque Isle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This year Presque Isle allowed people to sign up the day of to register to vote if they had a form of identification and proof of address. As the line to register was longer than any line to sign in at the poll, it seemed that this method attracted many more voters.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times, one reason some don\u2019t vote is how they\u2019re raised.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re college educated, reasonably affluent, a homeowner with kids,\u201d Adam Nickerson, a reporter for the New York Times, said. \u201cThen chances are most of your neighbors and the people you speak to also vote\u2014there\u2019s a cultural norm there. Whereas if you grow up in a poorer immigrant population, where many of your neighbors might not even be citizens, there may be less social expectation and social pressure to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually think it is the opposite. My father who normally calls me once a day called over twelve times on Election Day until I picked up and said that I must vote. He said it in a stern voice as If I was getting grounded, because when he came to this country it took him over 15 years after to get his right to vote. This has always be my dad\u2019s way of thinking that this is a privilege that many are not able to have, so why waste it,\u201d college student Lassana Dorleh said whose parents are immigrants and black.<\/p>\n

Although Dorleh may have strong feelings about voting, millions of Americans do not feel that way.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn recent decades 40 to 50 percent of eligible voters have failed to turnout in presidential election years,\u201d according to New York Times reporter Campbell Robertson.<\/p>\n

As of November 6, 2016 46.6 percent of Americans didn\u2019t vote.<\/p>\n

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