Hummingbird604.com » electoral studies http://hummingbird604.com The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Thu, 24 May 2012 18:10:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The importance of voting in American, Canadian and Vancouver elections http://hummingbird604.com/2008/10/02/the-importance-of-voting-in-american-canadian-and-vancouver-elections/ http://hummingbird604.com/2008/10/02/the-importance-of-voting-in-american-canadian-and-vancouver-elections/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:30:16 +0000 Raul http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=2053
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    • ]]>     One of the areas where my mother does research is in electoral studies (however, she studies elections in Mexico more than anything, although lately she’s been interested in Canadian elections). She was mentioning how important it was to galvanize people and make them want to go and vote.

    It’s true that many, many people refuse to vote because they don’t think that their vote is going to count. I was reading some statistics on how many people have voted in recent Canadian elections and I recall a figure hovering around 64% or so (of the whole electorate).

    The most recent election for President was the most contested in Mexican history and I can assure you that one of the reasons for that was precisely that a lot of the people who many people thought wouldn’t vote did indeed cast a ballot.

    Even though I’m not American, I’m pretty darn sure I have American readers (and of course, Canadian) so I’d strongly encourage you to register to vote. Hat tips to Steve Jagger who tweeted this video (source: YouTube) where lots of US movie stars encourage viewers to vote.

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UaRXvRwhOk&hl=en&fs=1]

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