There's a temptation not to vote at all as a protest, but it's definitely not a protest. In fact, all it does is keep the people in power in power, and I don't think they should be.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.
People have the right to protest - that's what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic rights.
I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything.
The power of protest depends not only on how many turn out, but also on what legislative, judicial, and civil society institutions exist to enact the will of those marching in the streets.
People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets.
Who can protest alone? Who dares rise up? It is not easy. One is all alone, and evermore shall be so.
Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It's basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it's wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore.
The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of sociable harmony.
Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.
Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's strengths and shortcomings.