Survey: 90 Million People Don’t Plan to Vote in the Next Election: Why Aren’t They Showing Up?
A USA Today/Suffolk University poll shows that more than 2/3 of the people who don’t plan to vote support President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney. Even more significantly, 80% of these people feel that government plays an important role in their lives.
In spite of this, many of these people don’t plan to vote. Many say that they don’t have time, or that the candidates don’t excite them. They also feel that Congress never gets anything done anyway, at least not when it comes to doing things that can make their lives better.
“I don’t think Obama helped us as much as he promised,” says John Harrington, one of the people surveyed.
Harrington says that since the 2008 election when he voted for Obama, he’s lost his home and moved around the country trying to find work.
Curtis Gans, director of the non-partisan Center for the Study of the American Electorate, estimates the voter turnout is going to get worse this year than it was in 2008. He says that it could drop to what it was in the year 2000, when 54% of Americans chose to vote. That means that 90 million Americans are not expected to vote in the next election.
“The long-term trend tends to be awful,” said Gans. “There’s a lot of lack of trust in our leaders, a lack of positive feelings about political institutions, a lack of quality education for large segments of the public, a lack of civic education, the fragmenting effects of waves of communications technology, the cynicism of the coverage of politics — I could go on with a long litany.”
Also, the negative ads make both candidates look like liars and crooks, which doesn’t make anyone excited about the election. Surveys among eligible voters who don’t plan to vote also reveal that roughly 40% don’t regret not voting because they don’t believe their vote is going to count anyway.
The only thing that led these voters to say that they would be more likely to show up to vote is if they believed that their vote would make a difference in a close election. This one might be it.
Because of what State they live in will decide if their vote will really count……. This will be an election that will not be tamper proof.
EXACTLY….. Hopefully w/ the Super-Pacs and garbage.
Gary Johnson 2012
and Independents have a higher percentage over Republicans, on the CNN Politics FB app.
If they are Black, Hispanic or other minority, uninsured, white, poor, working poor, middle class, elderly, Social Security recipient, Medicare or Medicaid recipient, student, potential student, unemployed, employed, want to be employed, have a friend or relative who is incarcerated, expect to be incarcerated, farmer, minor, disabled, no retirement, little retirement, have a pre-existing condition, have elderly parents or grandparents, have children, want children, a taxpayer, a potential taxpayer, the list is non-exhaustive …; the only possible reasons for not voting and not voting for President Obama is uninformed, stupid or plain trifling. The uninformed can be educated. Stupid and trifling is just stupid and trifling. Much is at stake. Wake up people!
Wake up from your sleep its your right if you dont vote, but dont lead others to follow you in the ditch. iTs like a bad apple that rudes the rest. ITS sad to get on line and read, that our AFRICAN AMERCIAN Brothers and Sister dont wont vote, for one reason or the other. President Obama is doing all he can, the SPeaker of the house is is racist and he doesn every thing to block the PResident Obama b ills from passing. He has dont a heck of alot with allthe fight he had to do. No he has come to my CIty, No i am not working, nor am I on food stamps, nor do I have health insurance, But Im not stupid to vote for some one who is going to make my life worse off than it isright now. IF you dont vote then shut your darn mouth, and stop spread the no vote virus, you are doing the white man a favor, so now he doesnt have to work so hard at putting VOTE IDS FOR US. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR THINKING IS WEAK.
Some black folks just don’t get it. Can’t they see that it’s always harder for blacks to get s**t done when dealing with racist white trash? Come on now! The time to vote is this November! All you can do is cast your vote and see what happens. I’d rather vote for Pres. Obama than the other fools. At least lets give him another 4 years to prove himself. After 8 years he’s done anyway and then it will be white presidents from then on, I betcha’. Then you can have all the white presidents your happy butts want. Give the Pres. 4 more years. Make them republicans earn that non-vote. Don’t give up now! If there is a time when Pres. Obama can fully help the black race, it’s the next 4 years. It’s time to be optimistic. Now is not the time to act like a spoil brat. After Pres. Obama wins the next election, it will be time for black folks to engage in dialogue with him. This is something everyone should do in order to make it know where they’re coming from.
Just plain stupid and disrespectful!! I’m going to ALWAYS vote until the day I’m dead and gone. We as African Americans weren’t just given a right to vote. We fought and died for this right. I’ll be damned if I sit back talking about I’m not going to vote. How disrespectful can a person get. I don’t care what is what every African American in this country should be voting PERIOD!
Vote? when you vote for “A” or “B” you still get “F’d”…
More prisons, no jobs, more corporate and congressional corruptions…
JFK said “Do not ask what your country can do for you, but you can do for your country”…
Your country do not want you to have equal access to jobs, housing, financial loans (assistance), medical (insurance), etc…
But yet, your government allow their own kind to commit crimes of every type under the son while continuing to build more prisons…
If we voted to privatized every government agencies, nothing would change because we do not have the money or the weapons to control anything, so the same companies who do not want to hire you now, definitely would not hire you is we privatized all of government…
Obama’s dream act is designed to get votes since he knows he cannot depend on you…
If he is re-elected, I hope you understand that you cannot depend on him…
If his opponent wins the elections, then you should already know the outcome, nothing has changed…
The theme for this year election to all Black people is “I GOT YOUR BACK”…but yet, there is not one person who is Black, that is on Obama’s paid campaign staff…
The only way to hurt the White Devil is in his pocket-book, but we would never do that to Jesus again…
People need to wake up period. I will not vote ever because we are and have been under admiralty law. Look at any flag in any court house or government building you will see that the flag has yellow fringes. The original flag does not have yellow fringes. It’s a shame that so many peopleare asleep. The united states of America is a corporation and the POTUS is the CEO period. He follow through the commands of the monarchy of queen Elizabeth and fellow Rothschild, and the powerful 13 families that own the world monetarily. It is about world domination, a one world government. This is why they must destroy the U.S this is the reason why they save the banks so the people can lose their homes so that the banks can take them again and continue their fraudulent loans that are null and void from the beginning. Your votes never count the establishment picks who becomes the CEO of America. The voting process, debates, democrats, republicans are all smoke screens to keep the American people distracted. Going into Libya was for oil and setting up a central bank there. This is what is going on in all of these so called terrorism wars. It will be or if not already Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan. The US gov is responsible for the 911 attacks. To lead into invading Iraq claiming mass destruction and not finding even a fire cracker. Autism is from vaccination that they give the children, they experimented on people with syphilis and especially this bogus HIV which used to be called SIV because it was taking from the chimps in Africa that carries it but doesn’t harm them. They took the strain and use put it in the polio vaccination and that is how it started to spread. The cure is very simple because it destroys the immune system. The gov is the son of perdition amplified. Here is the cure, it also cures all other type of other diseases.
1. Soak 3 average sized non GE/GMO lemons for about 10 minutes in water with some vinegar or plenty of see salt added. Then scrub each lemon to rid it of whatever the growers have sprayed on it.
2. Cut the lemons with skin and pips in pieces and put them in a strong mixer blender
3. Add 3 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive oil and 3 cups of water
4. Add 3 tablespoons of non GE/GMO local garlic
5. Add 3 tablespoons of non GE/GMO local Ginger (Double this amount for people with Lung problems/ Asthma)
6. Add 3 teaspoons of cold pressed Hemp Seed Oil (Double for Epilepsy & nervous diseases)
7. Add 3 teaspoons of cold pressed Flax Seed Oil
8. Add 3 tablespoons of Aloe Vera extract (with no preservatives)
9. Add 1 teaspoon of tumeric
10. Add 3 tablespoons of a natural Multivitamin/ Multi Mineral supplement (Foodstate multi mineral & Vitamin)
11. Add ¼ teaspoon of Stevia powder.(or less)
12. Add 3 cups of ozon enriched filtered water (We recommend OASIS water 0861 762 747)
13. Blend for 35 minutes. (or less if its a very powefull mixer blender)
14. Drink 1/3 in the morning, 1/3 after lunch and 1/3 in the evening. Repeat this for 6 to 24 weeks non stop, depending on when you feel that you have fully recovered. Then you can maintain your health by eating organic and wholesome. You can also use Umlingo WamaNgcolosi for maintenance by having one bottle twice a month.
In addition on a daily basis the patient should eat 2 large Beetroots/day, 2 Brazil Nuts, 1 Tablespoon of Pumpkin Seeds, as much non GE/GMO organic Fruit and Veggies as possible, drink 2 liters of Filtered water, expose the body to sunshine in the mornings and late afternoons and breath deeply. If the patient feels like drinking Tea, it should only be natural herbal tea like green or Rooibos tea without sugar. (You can use Stevia powder to sweeten)
Incase of Asthma, Do the following breathing exercise a couple of times per day: Breath out, till all is out (bending even over). Breath in on the count of 8, hold your breath for the count of 8, and breath out again, bending over. Singing songs where you have to use up your air is also a good way to do this exercise
Avoid the following until you are free of Symptoms and beyond:
No “normal” tea, no coffee (instant or bean), no alcohol, no juices (even the “natural” ones or the no sugar added ones), no fizzy or gassy drinks, no diet drinks, no milk or yoghurt or any other animal products. No sugar, no refined foods, no bread, no wheat products, no pasta, no flour, no potatoes, obviously no cakes etc., no diet products. No red meat till you are healthy, and than you can eat occasionally “green” meat (from cattle raised organically). Stay away from all processed meats including sausages, and also meat from pork like bacon and ham etc. Do not use artificial sweetners, as they were designed to kill ants, so if you want to get rid of your ants in your garden or house, just sprinkle artificial sweetener powder and the ants will die. Heating oil and frying food make the food and the oil toxic. Avoid especially when sick. Later on you can use Palmflower or Coconut oil to fry occasionally.
NEVER stop your medication on your own (unless you have 100% faith in your own decisions based on real knowledge) – it can be dangerous. Have yourself monitored regularly by a doctor (or a registered nurse who is allowed to adjust your or terminate your medication) for insulin, high blood pressure medication and cholesterol medication should you have doubts. You will need less medication as you stay on Umlingo WamaNgcolosi untill all medication may be stopped. You can reduce medication like painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs yourself, but for example cortisone or steroids (often prescribed for arthritis and asthma are drugs you have to be weaned of, depending how long you have been on it. Although you will not need your asthma pump anymore, keep it with you till you know for sure you will not need it anymore. Don’t just throw it out when you have not used it for a week or two.
Once you are well, you can reduce Umlingo WamaNgcolosi to twice per day. Keep on monitoring your ph so it stays in the normal range, and than you can reduce the Umlingo WamaNgcolosi to once per day. You will notice that when for example you have eaten many things you should normally avoid, like cakes, puddings and meat, your ph may drop and you may feel sluggish the next day. Just for one or two days take again 3 cups of Umlingo WamaNgcolosi, so you can get all the junk quickly out of your body. Do not see this as a diet but a lifestyle change. The saying “You are what you eat” is so true. You eat junk, you become diseased!
Umlingo WamaNgcolosi juice will bring your body back to balance. When you have eaten something that makes you feel nauseas, or causes you to vomit or have diarrhea just take 2 tablespoons of activated charcoal every 2 hours till it has stopped. You can also grind some burned wood or plain charcoal into a powder and take that. We advise on many other diseases like Lupus, cancers, autism, strokes, heart, emphysema, etc. The basic Umlingo WamaNgcolosi juice is than still used but with other things added. You can e-mail us on informationclinic@gmail.com to find out what to add. Keep smiling, 1love
GARY JOHNSON 2012
Nice recipe btw, I see you know you’re herbs. Gary is for hemp and Marijauana.
Aloe is great and Ginger is great as well that you didn’t mention. Also, give it up to E.V.O.O. 
*One tax; The FAIR TAX (abolish the European IRS).
*No drones.
*Legalize Marijuana; a plant that jails over 1.2 million a year w/ a higher imprisonment rate of any countries’ criminals combined which also has medical value and cures Cancer (in many recent studies one more).
*Less government control and more for the people (and world).
Tweetle Dee and Tweetle Dumb are not the only two running in a “free nation”, you have 4 other parties that hardly get noticed because they’re not wanted around much, hardly spoken upon, and put energy into just gettin’ on the ballets.
Gary Johnson is in the lead w/ Obama in Florida on http://Www.Isidewith.Com, where you go and pick your issues and they match you with the candidate.
Youtube ‘Romney and Obama the same’ and you will witness them sharing the same remarks and “promises”.
GARY JOHNSON (whose mainly winning for Independent) and Dr. Jill Stein (Green Party, also who was detained for wanting to enter in a main debate w/ a plastic tie w/ her friend).
Gary Johnson and Dr. Jill Stein ;D
“BEST RECORD FOR JOB CREATION.”
“And my response to that was, I didn’t create one single job for New Mexico, the private-sector creates jobs.
“I made a name for myself being a penny pincher.”
“I made a name for myself saying no to government, that government doesn’t have a solution.”
J.F.K. – “The largest single barrier to full employment of our manpower and resources and to a higher rate of economic growth is the unrealistically heavy drag of federal income taxes on private purchasing power, initiative and incentive.”
– Jan. 24, 1963, special message to Congress on tax reduction and reform
R.I.P. … Vote Gary Johnson for the abolishment of the European founded IRS and set up ONE TAX, a FAIR TAX.
@ PB Short Hopefully you’re a paid Republican operative trying to discourage Black people from voting. If not, you either need to be educated or you’re just stupid. Giving you the benefit of the doubt, allow me to educate you.
Your vote counts! If your vote doesn’t count, why are REPOUBLICANS working so hard to keep Blacks and poor people from voting? Whay are REPUBLICANS passing laws to prevent or make it harder for people to vote!
As for the President’s “dream act” either Hispanic citizens will vote for President Obama or the won’t. The “dream act” will not get President Obama one additional vote because the people covered are not citizens and are not eligible to vote. You do know that the Dream Act didn’t pass, don’t you?
Deport every Hispanic migrant worker if you want. Food will be so expensive that you could starve unless you are a rich Republican. Hispanic farm workers are the people to pick the fruit and vegetalbes in the grocery stores. Most are not citizens and cannot vote. You “dream act” argument is BS!
Next, as for the privatization of prisons, it is REPUBLICANS who support locking Black people down for profit. If REPUBLICAN prison privatization becomes widespread the REPUBLICANS who own the prison industrial complex will make millions off locking Blacks and poor people down. Everyone watch out!
It is President Obama and Attorney General Holder who support reducing the unfair sentences under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. You Know, the sentences that require to low level non violent BLACK offenders to waste away in prisons for twenty and thirty years? The Obama Administration wants to shorten those sentences. Under President Obama the sentencing guidelines have already been lowered to reflect more fairness.
Now, since most Black and poor folks are not criminals, we all benefit from access to basic preventative healthcare and life saving treatments. Healthcare is a life and death issue! Black people have already started to benefit from President Obama’s plan to insure ALL Americans. Romney has vowed to cut off healthcare on day 1.
As for your false statement that if Romney is elected, “nothing has changed,” you lose. A lot will charge. Poor sick people will die!
Another thing that will change is access to college educations and trade schools. Romney will cut Pell Grants and low interest student loans. Fewer Black and poor people will go to college or trade school. They won’t qualify for anything but minimum wage jobs.
Romney will gut Food stamps and social programs, including Head Start, job training programs, temporary aid to families and unemployment benefits.
If you working, Romney will raise your taxes and give tax cuts to rich REPUBLICANS who close plants and send high paying American jobs to foreign countries where workers are paid $1 a day. Then rich REPUBLICANS bring the poorly made slave labor products back to the US and sell them to Black and poor people for outrageous profits.
Under Romney, banks, Pay Day and Tile Loan Companies and Rent to Own Stores can charge more interest. Romney wants to unshackle these REPUBLICAN owned companies so they can exploit Black and poor people even more.
Know anyone losing their house because they got tricked into a bad mortgage that they didn’t understand? Romney will allow banks and mortgage companies to do more of that. President Obama is working to stop the fraud and stop exploiting poor and Black people.
Romney does not support equal pay for equal work or women being treated fairly in the workplace. President Obama signed a law, The Lilly Ledbetter Act, that require people on the same level doing the same job to make the same money.
Under Romney, credit card interest and student loan interest will go up. Credit card companies will not be required to tell customers how their payments are applied. Credit card companies will not be required to post payment in a way that benefits the customer.
Romney plans to cut Social Security and Medicare. Grandma and grandpa may end up homeless, starving, eating cat food or living with you. When Romney turns Medicare into vouchers, poor seniors may die if they can’t afford healthcare. Remember Section 8 vouchers? They aren’t worth the paper they are written on if you can’t find a house that accepts Section 8. Now Romney wants to give Black and poor granny’s vouchers?
Speaking of Section 8 and housing assistance programs are gone under Romney. No social safety net for people who fall on hard times.
People on Social Security disability, look out. That’s getting cut too. No matter how sick or disabled you are, work or die!
Lost your job? Unemployed? Get another one. Unemployment benefits cut under Romney.
When we vote, we vote for judges or the people who appoint judges. What more fairness in the court system? Elect President Obama. Romney judges will lock you down and allow REPUBLICAN prison companies to make money off your lockdown.
No good schools in your neighborhood? Romney will cut education funds. President Obama will invest in education and better schools.
President Obama works for us! Want the President to do more? Vote! Vote out every REPUBLICAN who BLOCKS President Obama from working to better our lives. Vote in people who will work with the President. Vote in massive numbers. Vote!
Finally, a lot of the people who are discouraging you from voting are paid by Romney and REPUBLICANS. They think you are
stupuid. Show them you are not stupid. VOTE!
@ erica
Tea and beet juice won’t cure cancer. A mind is a terrible thing to waste!
I cant’ believe how many people are saying that they are not going to vote . Have they forgotten that black people died so that they could have the right to vote this is so so sad. This is the reason why blacks can’t get things done . Ok don’t vote and if you things bad now you haven’t seen nothing yet.
GARY JOHNSON 2012
*One tax; The FAIR TAX (abolish the European IRS).
*No drones.
*Legalize Marijuana; a plant that jails over 1.2 million a year w/ a higher imprisonment rate of any countries’ criminals combined which also has medical value and cures Cancer (in many recent studies one more).
*Less government control and more for the people (and world).
Tweetle Dee and Tweetle Dumb are not the only two running in a “free nation”, you have 4 other parties that hardly get noticed because they’re not wanted around much, hardly spoken upon, and put energy into just gettin’ on the ballets.
Gary Johnson is in the lead w/ Obama in Florida on http://Www.Isidewith.Com, where you go and pick your issues and they match you with the candidate.
A new study shows the 90 million people don’t vote because of multiple reasons, which includes, for one, feeling like there isn’t much choice.
Youtube ‘Romney and Obama the same’ and you will witness them sharing the same remarks and “promises”.
GARY JOHNSON (whose mainly winning for Independent) and Dr. Jill Stein (Green Party, also who was detained for wanting to enter in a main debate w/ a plastic tie w/ her friend).
Gary Johnson and Dr. Jill Stein ;D
“BEST RECORD FOR JOB CREATION.”
“And my response to that was, I didn’t create one single job for New Mexico, the private-sector creates jobs.
“I made a name for myself being a penny pincher.”
“I made a name for myself saying no to government, that government doesn’t have a solution.”
J.F.K. – “The largest single barrier to full employment of our manpower and resources and to a higher rate of economic growth is the unrealistically heavy drag of federal income taxes on private purchasing power, initiative and incentive.”
– Jan. 24, 1963, special message to Congress on tax reduction and reform
R.I.P. … Vote Gary Johnson for the abolishment of the European founded IRS and set up ONE TAX, a FAIR TAX.
Im gonna vote EVEN THOUGH IM ALMOST CERTAIN IT DOESNT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Between the electorial college and and DIEBOLD voting machines?
Im inclined to believe this is all a game.
If you have been paying attention, nothing ever changes no matter who the president is..
Did Obama change anything??? (crickets)
We are still allied with Israel, the Saudi’s and Pakistan..
Bin Laden is supposedly dead, but the wars keep on rolling as if Bush is still in office.
Economy crashes and nobody on Wall Street goes to jail… No they get bailed out with our money and they get to crash the economy all over again…..
But If my black azz goes to Zuchotti park to protest? I go right to jail for bothering “the elite”
This is an oligarchy at best…. At worst? this country is turning into a Fascist Police state…
Like I said, I’ll still vote if for no other reason than simple due diligence, but I dont believe it means anything..
It certainly doesnt provide direction for our politicians and government… They are already bought and paid for by corporations
@ Rasheed7
Our votes count! If our vote did not count, why are REPUBLICANS working so hard to keep Blacks. poor people and working class people from voting? Why are REPUBLICANS passing laws to prevent or make it harder for you to vote?
If you want President Obama to do more, Vote! Vote out every REPUBLICAN who BLOCKS President Obama from working in our interest. Vote in people who will work with the President. Vote in massive numbers. Vote!
A lot of the people who are discouraging you from voting are paid by Romney and REPUBLICANS. They think you are stupid. Show them you are not stupid. VOTE!
@sue
Believe me… I am not falling for any of Romney’s lame tricks.. My point is that the democrats are not any better. Niether group answers to the American people and voting isnt gonna change any of that… I know there is alot of power and prestige involved in the presidency, so it isnt necessarily true that our votes count..
Each day I see more evidence that the votes dont matter because the status quo will remain the same no matter who becomes president…
But like I said, I’ll vote if only to keep a f’ed up situation from getting worse RIGHT NOW…
but come 2016 we’ll 2 more puppets running for president like these two we have running now, and nothing will change…. more war, more jail, more poverty
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GARY JOHNSON 2012
*One tax; The FAIR TAX (abolish the European IRS).
*No drones.
*Legalize Marijuana; a plant that jails over 1.2 million a year w/ a higher imprisonment rate of any countries’ criminals combined which also has medical value and cures Cancer (in many recent studies one more).
*Less government control and more for the people (and world).
Tweetle Dee and Tweetle Dumb are not the only two running in a “free nation”, you have 4 other parties that hardly get noticed because they’re not wanted around much, hardly spoken upon, and put energy into just gettin’ on the ballets.
Gary Johnson is in the lead w/ Obama in Florida on http://Www.Isidewith.Com, where you go and pick your issues and they match you with the candidate.
A new study shows the 90 million people don’t vote because of multiple reasons, which includes, for one, feeling like there isn’t much choice.
Youtube ‘Romney and Obama the same’ and you will witness them sharing the same remarks and “promises”.
GARY JOHNSON (whose mainly winning for Independent) and Dr. Jill Stein (Green Party, also who was detained for wanting to enter in a main debate w/ a plastic tie w/ her friend).
Gary Johnson and Dr. Jill Stein ;D
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
“BEST RECORD FOR JOB CREATION.”
“And my response to that was, I didn’t create one single job for New Mexico, the private-sector creates jobs.
“I made a name for myself being a penny pincher.”
“I made a name for myself saying no to government, that government doesn’t have a solution.”
J.F.K. – “The largest single barrier to full employment of our manpower and resources and to a higher rate of economic growth is the unrealistically heavy drag of federal income taxes on private purchasing power, initiative and incentive.”
– Jan. 24, 1963, special message to Congress on tax reduction and reform
R.I.P. … Vote Gary Johnson for the abolishment of the European founded IRS and set up ONE TAX, a FAIR TAX.