Democracy is the rule of the majority. Therefore, those who hold the majority will be those who vote. The great task is now to encourage the next majority not the next vote. A few votes here and there do not count. A better informed, better educated, and better treated public will vote and create the next paradigm shift in American democracy.
American democracy is stagnant.
Historical importance of voting, Internet voting The Internet Initiative - A Possible Solution to the Problem of Voter Apathy Yesterday's disenfranchised voters, the African Americans, women, and the oppressed minorities fought long and hard to gain their right to vote. Yet now we are faced with a new problem that has no precedent in our history. Our American youth are abdicating their right to vote and are replacing it with a disillusioned antipathy toward participation in government. The solution cannot be instituted by the federal government, because my peers feel that Washington does not represent us. The solutions that I feel would solve our problem of voter antipathy, would be the expansion of the initiative, the reformation of the campaign finance system, and the implementation of a teledemocracy harnessing the power of the Internet.