Millions of Americans will participate in the presidential election in November. Although your vote is just one in that massive pool, that doesn't make it any less important. Reflect on the nail-biting vote in May that elected Benjamin Netanyahu prime minister of Israel. The results hinged on 150,000 absentee ballots, a small fraction of the country's nearly 3.9 million eligible voters. In the end, Netanyahu won by just 30,000 votes or a margin of less than 1 percent.
Every vote counts.
This could be the first time you'll vote in a presidential election. You may be a registered Republican, a registered Democrat or a member of a third party. Or you may be an independent. Sure, you know who Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are and the basic ideas they stand for. But if you're a typical college student, cramming for an English test probably takes precedence over browsing through political journals.