Importance of Voting

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Importance of Voting

Voting is a fundamental right of every individual, a right that is guaranteed in the constitution that is essential in choosing the leaders of tomorrow (Douglas). Besides the election of leaders, voting is significant in many other ways. One of the reasons includes voting for the political parties of choice. Voting enables people of a nation put to power through voting a political party of their choice and to which shares the same ideas as them. Furthermore voting for a political party is based on the ideas that include the dedication of the political party in fighting for the rights of the people. Voting is a constitutional requirement, and each country has their constitution that gives its citizens the right to vote. Voting, therefore, is a sign of patriotism to which an individual identifies himself with the country of residence.

A significant number of people do not vote for the assumption that their vote won’t make a difference, but this is indeed wrong as every vote counts (Green and Allan). It is my vote and yours that makes the change we want through electing leaders of choice and voting for the policies that are favorable for the development of a nation. A nation is built under the foundations of election, and therefore it is the responsibility of the citizens to vote to make sure that the foundations are honored.

Voting is important in the sense that it enables the government systems to work due to the fear that if they don’t, they won’t be re-elected into office the time and therefore voting can be said to keep the government in check working to honor their promise to the citizens. Voting is also a way of exercising a person’s democratic right, and therefore it has an implication that every person should exercise this right as provided in the constitution. Being provided with an opportunity to vote freely and elect the leaders of choice and the reason as to why we are able to vote is because someone fought for you to vote and therefore voting is a way to show respect the people who sacrificed their lives fighting for the voting rights (Jarvis, Sharon and Soo-Hye).

Work Cited

Douglas, Joshua A. “The Right to Vote Under State Constitutions.” Vand. L. Rev. 67 (2014): 89.

Green, Donald P., and Alan S. Gerber. Get out the vote: How to increase voter turnout. Brookings Institution Press, 2015.

Jarvis, Sharon E., and Soo-Hye Han. Votes That Count and Voters Who Don’t: How Journalists Sideline Electoral Participation (Without Even Knowing It). Vol. 17. Penn State Press, 2018.