Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
― Abraham Lincoln
The US Elections Project anticipates that this year’s election could see a turnout of 65% of eligible voters casting ballots. That would be the highest turnout in well over a hundred years, going back to 1908.
That’s great news.
But it raises a burning question: Who are those 35% who won’t cast a vote?
Think about that. We’re having a crucial election that could well dictate our whole way of life in the coming years. The pandemic has shown that who leads this country can make a crucial difference in our everyday life, in how we react and recover from adversity. Or how we avoid it altogether.
Yet a third of the citizens of the nation don’t care enough who heads our government and won’t vote. They are willing to let others make that choice for them, willing to go with whatever the others want.
Do these people live their whole lives this way?
Voting is literally the least a citizen can do to participate in the affairs of the nation. It can make the difference between leading a nice, quiet life or furiously fighting an out of control fire for years to come.
Heed old Honest Abe’s words: Don’t turn your back to the fire.
Do your duty.
Vote.
Oh, and my personal suggestion is that you VOTE BLUE.
Note the blue waves in the painting at the top.
But do what you will and just vote.
Redtree Times 