Voting Argumentative Essay
John F. Kennedy once said, “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” Being an American citizen, we have multiple responsibilities to uphold. We as citizens, have these many responsibilities due to the fact that we have multiple freedoms. With freedom comes high responsibility, one being voting.
Voting is not just about deciding the president, senate, or governor, it is about choosing a person you believe will best represent your state, county, country and ultimately yourself the best. In voting for a governmental representative, you need to realize the fundamentals of the government and how those might affect your voting. In knowing what the government fundamentals are, this prepares you for when you are old enough and wise enough to vote.
American citizens can vote at the age of 18. When you were or are fourteen, you are not old enough to vote, such as I. This does not mean we do not have a responsibility in voting, we do and we can do many things to prepare ourselves for voting before the time comes. To prepare yourself for an election, I would sit down and think about who I am as a person and what I believe about certain …show more content…
We have two very different candidates, to whom have very different belief systems as well. With this crazy election, everyone should vote. Encouraging people to vote a certain direction, or just voting in general can make a big impact on society. Every vote counts. Some may say, “My vote does not matter, it does not count,” but it does. Your vote has a great impact and it shows your view on the situation/topic of the election. A wise man, Franklin D. Roosevelt, once said, “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not
Voting is not just about deciding the president, senate, or governor, it is about choosing a person you believe will best represent your state, county, country and ultimately yourself the best. In voting for a governmental representative, you need to realize the fundamentals of the government and how those might affect your voting. In knowing what the government fundamentals are, this prepares you for when you are old enough and wise enough to vote.
American citizens can vote at the age of 18. When you were or are fourteen, you are not old enough to vote, such as I. This does not mean we do not have a responsibility in voting, we do and we can do many things to prepare ourselves for voting before the time comes. To prepare yourself for an election, I would sit down and think about who I am as a person and what I believe about certain …show more content…
We have two very different candidates, to whom have very different belief systems as well. With this crazy election, everyone should vote. Encouraging people to vote a certain direction, or just voting in general can make a big impact on society. Every vote counts. Some may say, “My vote does not matter, it does not count,” but it does. Your vote has a great impact and it shows your view on the situation/topic of the election. A wise man, Franklin D. Roosevelt, once said, “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not