(OK--This turned out to be longer than I expected. Sorry for length!)
In junior high school, I remember a history teacher telling us that Hitler won an election by a single vote. Honestly, I'm not entirely sure if that's even true; however, that has always stuck with me and I have always felt, even as a teenager, that voting is incredibly important.
Having said that, I've also felt for many years that as a young person, my vote wouldn't mean much because mostly older folks vote and they tend to be more conservative, and I know most folks in my age group have felt the same, so those of us that did vote wouldn't be enough to do much good. This is something I have personally observed--at least until this year. At least, until Obama came along! Now I kind of think that young voters will be what makes the election. So, I didnt' end up getting the energy together to vote in the last presidential election.
I was going to vote for Kerry last time, but didn't make it to my polling location because I just couldn't get myself motivated to walk to it. I've always felt guilty about not voting that time..I hated Bush and co. at that point because of the war, and the Patriot act, etc. and I really wanted him out of there. I was about 21 for the last election, so it's my age group that is over there fighting.
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