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Originally Posted by Aequitas
The government doesn't have to be afraid now that their will be electronic voting all over the country, they just pick a leader and be done with it, the votes won't mean shit, unless their is a few million people who all stand up at once, nothing will ever change and they will do whatever they feel they must do.
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Ok, so how should it all work then? Every person has a vote (ok, every person of age, that's not in jail, and that meets a few other requirements). I don't believe there has been a system in history that's been anywhere near as fair. Obviously, your one vote really doesn't count. Ok, so it counts as 1, but no election has ever been decided by one vote. However, if every person with your similar beliefs decides that their votes don't matter, then as a whole, your group could potentially lose elections.
Bush's approval rating is in the mud right now. However, he was re-elected by the majority. If he could run again, he'd lose. Why? Because he would be held accountable for his actions and most people right now don't like his actions. In that sense, the system does work. Obviously there's underhanded things going on that we may never know about, but it sure seems to work pretty well, especially when you try and think of alternatives.