Tomorrow is Tuesday, November 4, 2014. And it is a midterm election year. During this election 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested. Not to mention all 435 seats in the House of Representatives as well. There will also be 38 elections for governor and 46 for state legislatures. Plus there will be numerous other state and local races. And while the "smaller" elections don't seem to garner the kind of fervent attention that a presidential election brings out, these are still an important part of the political process and a key factor in determining what life will be like wherever it is that you are living, right?
So why is it that out of the 56 people that I asked the simple question "are you voting next week?", a mere 12 could give me a definite affirmative answer. Twelve. So, we set out to talk to people about voting. Do they? Don't they? And just how and why they've come to hold the feelings they have about the process.
I was always told of a saying that said, " there's two things you never discuss with friends if you want to remain friends, religion and politics". Why? Because people don't want to expose their feelings for fear of being judged? Because they fear that those they talk to may not see eye to eye? Because political differences can end friendships, burn bridges, incite riots? All of this may be true, but I prefer to rest my belief on a different saying. Adapted from Shakespeare's Tempest, "politics makes strange bedfellows", advises that political interests can actually unite people who may otherwise have little in common.
And so with that, we invited people tell us how they feel about voting; about the pros and cons, the benefits and drawbacks, and how, when and why they go to the polls.
So follow us this week and join the conversation. We want to hear from you!
So why is it that out of the 56 people that I asked the simple question "are you voting next week?", a mere 12 could give me a definite affirmative answer. Twelve. So, we set out to talk to people about voting. Do they? Don't they? And just how and why they've come to hold the feelings they have about the process.
I was always told of a saying that said, " there's two things you never discuss with friends if you want to remain friends, religion and politics". Why? Because people don't want to expose their feelings for fear of being judged? Because they fear that those they talk to may not see eye to eye? Because political differences can end friendships, burn bridges, incite riots? All of this may be true, but I prefer to rest my belief on a different saying. Adapted from Shakespeare's Tempest, "politics makes strange bedfellows", advises that political interests can actually unite people who may otherwise have little in common.
And so with that, we invited people tell us how they feel about voting; about the pros and cons, the benefits and drawbacks, and how, when and why they go to the polls.
So follow us this week and join the conversation. We want to hear from you!
