People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.
Pity the poor senator or representative trying to stay alive in the political jungle. At every turn, there's a danger: a constituent who actually wants something done. Or worse, a campaign donor who might be offended by that something.
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.
If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.
Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
I've come to realize that an unencumbered U.S. senator is a profound threat to the whole system. It's somebody that they can't put in a box and say, 'Oh, well, we know how this guy is going to vote.'
Elections aren't just about who votes but who doesn't vote.