Wednesday, November 6, 2013

The dark side of election results


Well, some of the people have spoken in New Jersey and Virginia elections, but this ain't democracy, folks.


Point: Gov. Christie handily won re-election in New Jersey with almost 61% of the vote….but only 18% of eligible Garden State voters cast their ballots for him….and 70% of adults in New Jersey didn't bother to vote.

Point: Democrat Terry McAuliffe beat Republican Ken Cuccinelli for the governor's mansion in Virginia with 48% of the vote….but only 13% of eligible Old Dominion voters cast their ballots for McAuliffe….and 65% of adults in Virginia didn't bother to go to the polls.



We're in trouble.

These were two sensationally publicized political races, and, in both states, a huge majority of folks who are old enough to vote couldn't give a rat's asterisk about actually bothering to do so.

And a huge number of those stay-at-homes are going to complain in the next four years about what their state government is or is not doing…

This ain't democracy, folks.






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