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Should Uninformed Citizens Vote?

Should Uninformed Citizens Vote?

  • No

    Votes: 36 76.6%
  • Yes

    Votes: 11 23.4%

  • Total voters
    47
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Note that I'm not asking if uninformed citizens should be allowed to vote. I'm just whether you think they should vote.
 
Morally they should not vote, but legally they should be allowed to vote. This is why I hate all those get out and vote public service commercials,they encourage the politically ignorant to basically pollute the polls.
 
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Ideally, yeah, they should be allowed, but should opt not to. But the sad reality is that most uninformed people don't realize they're uninformed. They figure they watched Glenn Beck and he told them what to do, so they must be more informed that folks who didn't or whatever.
 
Note that I'm not asking if uninformed citizens should be allowed to vote. I'm just whether you think they should vote.

Morally no. If you don't know what you're voting for then you should stay home. But I won't apply that to just your ordinary citizens. I also apply that to our Representitives in Congress and the House.
 
Should they vote? No.

Should they be allowed to vote? Yes.
 
Uninformed voters should choose not to vote. Usually when I vote there are some obscure local elections that are also on the same ballot. In those cases where I know nothing of the candidates, I don't vote. I know people who will just vote straight Dem or straight Rep even if they have never heard of the candidate or if they don't know what a comptroller does, but I don't do that and I don't think others should do it either.
 
Honestly no. Here is what I believe in all sincerity. You should be able to look at a questionaire and answer three simply questions:

-Which of these a, b, c answers is the "Pledge of Allegiance"
-Which of these a, b, c answers is the current president?
-Which of these a, b, c answers is how many states are in the union?

If you cannot answer all those questions you should not get to vote.
 
First you must define "uninformed". If MSNBC says vote for Obama, and they do, then that voter may thus consider themselves informed and vote based on being so informed. This is sad but true.
 
First you must define "uninformed". If MSNBC says vote for Obama, and they do, then that voter may thus consider themselves informed and vote based on being so informed. This is sad but true.

That's ridiculous. MSNBC may be horse**** but at least they aren't making attack ads.
 
The reality is this.

Ask yourself: Should I be allowed to vote?

If you can answer that question, you have answered this poll.

It is shocking, but in reality, we are all very uninformed and give ourselves far too much credit, and give the other man far less credit than deserved.
 
Honestly no. Here is what I believe in all sincerity. You should be able to look at a questionaire and answer three simply questions:

-Which of these a, b, c answers is the "Pledge of Allegiance"
-Which of these a, b, c answers is the current president?
-Which of these a, b, c answers is how many states are in the union?

If you cannot answer all those questions you should not get to vote.
Which would just lead to claims of unfairness because a person got the majority of answers correct.





Should an uniformed person be allowed to vote?
Uninformed doesn't indicate a lack of understanding, so...


Should Uninformed Citizens Vote?
Uninformed as to what?
How the system works?
The difference between the various parties?
The issues?; and then which issues?
Where the candidates stand on the issues, when those issues may not concern the indvidual at all?
What?

So if you mean an unintelligent person, then my answer is yes.
 
Honestly no. Here is what I believe in all sincerity. You should be able to look at a questionaire and answer three simply questions:

-Which of these a, b, c answers is the "Pledge of Allegiance"
-Which of these a, b, c answers is the current president?
-Which of these a, b, c answers is how many states are in the union?

If you cannot answer all those questions you should not get to vote.

I've long been in favor of a basic poll test built around the citizenship exam. Simple stuff like what you have here.
 
That's ridiculous. MSNBC may be horse**** but at least they aren't making attack ads.

Is that because they are an attack ad? This would be the MSNBC of "The Middle Class Will Not Survive A Romney Presidency" hour on the Ed Show?
 
Should Uninformed Citizens Vote?

no.
sounds elitest i know,
and im not claiming to be any sort of genius.
but the number of idiots i know who base their opinions and votes
on daily show and colbert report monologues
is ridiculous.
and makes me wish they just wouldnt even bother to vote at all.
 
Who defines what uninformed is? The fact is that if you take most of the campaign ads as the whole truth, you are misinformed.

I voted "yes."

Paul Weyrich (RIP)

 
Yes, everyone should vote. This disinterest in voting weakens the system as a whole. The solution is more people becoming informed, not less voting.

Not to mention the difficulty in determining who is or is not uninformed.
 
Morally they should not vote, but legally they should be allowed to vote. This is why I hate all those get out and vote public service commercials,they encourage the politically ignorant to basically pollute the polls.
I hate "get out the vote" campaigns. I'll give the benefit of the doubt regarding the intent, but they actually do more harm than good.


Uninformed voters should choose not to vote. Usually when I vote there are some obscure local elections that are also on the same ballot. In those cases where I know nothing of the candidates, I don't vote. I know people who will just vote straight Dem or straight Rep even if they have never heard of the candidate or if they don't know what a comptroller does, but I don't do that and I don't think others should do it either.
I do that. Especially with posts like judges. Nine times out of ten I don't know who these people are. I have no qualms leaving some races blank while voting for races I am familiar with. In fact, I feel it is more responsible to not vote when you don't know the people/issues.
 
The reality is this.

Ask yourself: Should I be allowed to vote?

If you can answer that question, you have answered this poll.

It is shocking, but in reality, we are all very uninformed and give ourselves far too much credit, and give the other man far less credit than deserved.

I think it means "relatively uninformed."
 
Which would just lead to claims of unfairness because a person got the majority of answers correct.





Should an uniformed person be allowed to vote?
Uninformed doesn't indicate a lack of understanding, so...


Should Uninformed Citizens Vote?
Uninformed as to what?
How the system works?
The difference between the various parties?
The issues?; and then which issues?
Where the candidates stand on the issues, when those issues may not concern the indvidual at all?
What?

So if you mean an unintelligent person, then my answer is yes.

You got intelligence and how it works wrong. Intelligence is basically reasoning skills: stupidity is lack of intelligence. Being informed is knowing how the system works: being uninformed makes one ignorant. I think the ignorant should definitely not vote, but the issue is more complicated in regards to stupidity.
 
You got intelligence and how it works wrong. Intelligence is basically reasoning skills: stupidity is lack of intelligence.
:shock: No... I don't. But after reading you reply, I am starting to believe you are.
An unintelligent person doesn't have the reasoning skills and therefore should not be voting.



being uninformed makes one ignorant.
Only in the area in which they are untaught.
Or, if you will, in the area in which they are uninformed.
As exemplified in the above quote.

Should Uninformed Citizens Vote?
Uninformed as to what?
How the system works?
The difference between the various parties?
The issues?; and then which issues?
Where the candidates stand on the issues, when those issues may not concern the indvidual at all?
What?


They could be uninformed in one or more areas. Which one should we choose?
A person could be for, or against, Homosexual's being able to marry, and choose a candidate base on that criteria alone, and be uninformed of their other positions. Should we not allow these people to vote?


I think the ignorant should definitely not vote, but the issue is more complicated in regards to stupidity.
The ignorant could be uninformed in one or more areas. Which one should we choose?

Unintelligence as I stated, or if you prefer stupidity, could be a function of the average national IQ.
 
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I have more respect for people who put some honest thought and consideration into candidates and/or issues... even if they are wrong :2razz:... than I do for people who vote ignorantly.
 
:shock: No... I don't. But after reading you reply, I am starting to believe you are.
An unintelligent person doesn't have the reasoning skills and therefore should not be voting.
Don't what? Are what? Are you trolling me :D


Only in the area in which they are untaught.
Or, if you will, in the area in which they are uninformed.
As exemplified in the above quote.

Should Uninformed Citizens Vote?
Uninformed as to what?
How the system works?
The difference between the various parties?
The issues?; and then which issues?
Where the candidates stand on the issues, when those issues may not concern the indvidual at all?
What?


They could be uninformed in one or more areas. Which one should we choose?
I think they should have a general understanding of how the system works: i.e., what the candidate does.

[/QUOTE]A person could be for, or against, Homosexual's being able to marry, and choose a candidate base on that criteria alone, and be uninformed of their other positions. Should we not allow these people to vote?[/QUOTE]
Depends if they know that the President cannot determine the constitutionality of a law, etc.


The ignorant could be uninformed in one or more areas. Which one should we choose?

Unintelligence as I stated, or if you prefer stupidity, could be a function of the average national IQ.

LOL, that I can agree with :rofl
 
Yes! I am trolling a person who responded to me, by quoting me even.

Depends if they know that the President cannot determine the constitutionality of a law, etc.
This is about voting.
Not just about voting for a President.
 
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