Quote Originally Posted by venture79 View Post
Talking points and catch phrases are all it takes to the vote of the sheep out there. Congress has a 14% approve rating, but most will win re-election. The general American public is politically stupid. They vote according to a color chart (red or blue), what someone tells them, or because they can't see through the BS. Nothing we can do about it. It would be interesting though to see what happens if voting was required by law, giving everyone the first Tuesday in November time off as a holiday, but also giving people the chance to select "abstain" on a ballot (still required to submit one). Would we get the same results we do now?

Ah well. For now the mice will continue to follow the piper. Faith, Family and Freedom!
Which begs the question, "Is an uninformed vote better or worse than a non vote?"