Monday, February 04, 2008

Check Out Electoral-Vote.com

Just a quick plug,

One of my favorite election websites is:

http://www.electoral-vote.com

The writer of this website tracks various elections, with excellent, impartial commentary and numerous poll results from around the country.

I read this site almost every day.

Enjoy!

Super Duper Tuesday Is Upon Us

Look out! Here comes Super Tuesday. Err... or Super-Duper Tuesday, since this is the first time that we have had so many states participating in this de-facto national primary election day.

If you live in a Super Tuesday state, godfunit, go vote!!!

We in Hawaii have to wait a couple more weeks.

If you want to help "rock-the-vote" but don't live in a Super Tuesday state, you can help your favorite candidate from afar. I for one am an Obama supporter and they have taken online electioneering to the extreme. For example, check out this web resource on the Obama website:

http://my.barackobama.com/feb5calls

This website allows you to phone bank battleground primary states from your home, no matter where you live.

No matter who you support, take a little action to support your candidate. Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do SOMETHING. Here are a few simple things you can do to help make a difference:

  • Drive a friend to the polls or caucus with you who may not have gone otherwise. By taking one inactive voter the polls, you have essentially doubled the vote
  • Offer to phone bank such as the link to Obama's website above. Just a few phone calls with a convincing and encouraging word can help bring out more people to vote
  • Talk to your friends and family
  • Donate some money to your favorite candidate, as little as $25 goes a long way when you consider that it is combined with thousands of other small contributors like you
Of course there are many people who say that their vote doesn't count. But think about this from macro-view. There are probably millions of people who won't vote because of this false sense of powerlessness. If all those millions actually changed their perspective and voted, they could swing an election from one outcome to another.

By not voting, you are allowing others to decide for you who will represent you. I volunteered to work the polls in a couple elections in California years ago. The majority of voters who actually came out to vote were over 50, many were so elderly that they did not have the upper body strength to punch the hole in the punch-card ballots. Others were so senile they punched every hold on the ballot, thus invalidating their own vote.

If you are able (both physically AND mentally) please... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD... VOTE!!! Don't let Mr. and Mrs. Magoo decide who will lead this country in the difficult times we live in. If you don't like what is going on in the country, you have the power to make a difference. Remember your vote DOES count. Use it!