The way people imagine their political leaders is, like it or not, an important factor in how they decide to vote and, indeed, whether they vote at all.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When politics is interesting, people go vote.
Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy.
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
People still seem to think that they should vote themselves money. They seem to think there is stuff which they think is the government's job, when it's really the individual's job.
When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.
Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.
What's important is that, come the general election, people think the right things of you. They think that you've got the right values and the right policies. And that you're the right kind of person to lead the country.
Political elites vote in a more partisan fashion than the mass public; this tendency, too, follows a curve. The more you know, the more likely you are to vote in an ideologically consistent way, not just following your party but following a set of constraints dictated by a political ideology.
The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.