One vote won't count... right?

It's only one vote... I'm not going to really make THAT much of a difference... right? WRONG. One vote can be a lot. In some cases, as is with Bernie Sanders, every vote matters, because every vote could give him another delegate. But even when the race isn't so close, a vote will always matter. In the United States, 83% of people are registered to vote, but only about 53% actually do so. And the turnout rates can be as low as 15% during the primaries. Now, while one voter will make a very slight impact on this number, they will still make an impact. And then there's the concept of mass-population ideas. If you are contemplating not voting, you are probably thinking that you don't have to dedicate all of your time towards such a small difference. However, there are 47% of people that think like that. And if that 47% of people actually voted, it is very likely that another candidate would be elected. This is ridiculous! The time and energy is worth it, because slowly, one by one, everyone will end up getting together and it might ACTUALLY make a difference. Now, voting is a privilege and a duty, not another thing that someone HAS to do. There are many countries, well over fifty, in which citizens are not allowed to vote. Women were fighting for this right into the 1900s. This is a right that so many fight for. And at the same time, so many people are taking this for granted. The right to vote should be appreciated and utilized, because so many people don't have it. The fact that so many people overlook this duty as citizens is absurd; a low voter turnout should not be a problem. Almost everybody has a political belief, and the best way to make the belief a reality is to vote it in. As Michael Jackson once said: “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself then make a change.”

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Sources: 

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/05/06/u-s-voter-turnout-trails-most-developed-countries/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/21/democracy-index-2013-economist-intelligence-unit_n_2909619.html