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cilla4progress

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9. Disincentives to voting

Reply to dsc (Original post)

Sun Nov 9, 2014, 01:28 PM

Nov 2014

Voter intimidation - if photo i.d. is required, it should be provided free by fed/state government

Logistical difficulty of getting to polls - favors old, retired, higher income people with more autonomy in their jobs - should all be vote by mail as it is in my state of Washington. Should have pre-stamped ballot envelopes. National holiday also a good idea.

Knowing that the game is rigged. Why bother?

Uninspiring candidates, i.e., Martha Coakley, even Allison Grimes with her running away from the Pres. solid record on the economy, ACA, national security.

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If you look at all 36 Senate races as they stand now [View all] dsc Nov 2014 OP

I am hoping that Toomey in PA is vulnerable. femmocrat Nov 2014 #1

Senate seats are two per state Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #2

we ran opponents there dsc Nov 2014 #3

I'm talking real efforts, not token placements Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #5

I have some sympathy with that argument dsc Nov 2014 #6

The Founding Fathers wanted us to revisit the Constitution every 19 years to keep it up to date, BlueCaliDem Nov 2014 #4

It's better than it was Yupster Nov 2014 #10

Another reason splitting the country up would be awesome. Zorra Nov 2014 #7

This doesn't make sense to me - you can't mix votes from different elections. Yo_Mama Nov 2014 #8

the house is exceptionally gerrymandered dsc Nov 2014 #12

Disincentives to voting cilla4progress Nov 2014 #9

You can't meaningfully compare popular vote between elections. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #11

the Senate representation was determined by the votes of three elections dsc Nov 2014 #13

But that compares fractions, not absolute numbers! Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #15

Any way you look at it, the senate is undemocratic, the truest indicator of our status as a republic CBGLuthier Nov 2014 #14

The Senate is working exactly as intended. branford Nov 2014 #16