Should everyone vote?

[Sogeking]

I don't mean discriminate voters based on sex, ethnicity, nationality, race, sexual orientation, religion (or lack thereof), or by class. But by there knowledge of politics.

People talk about how everyone should have a voice when in their government. But what if they don't know anything about politics? Like, incumbent holders of prominent political offices, basic history so that we don't repeat the mistakes of others, basic economics, knowledge of the Constitution or other documents of the like, current events, etc.

Should uninformed voters who doesn't know what's at stake be able to vote at all? Should there be legislation against it? What are your thoughts.

[WaffleSingSong]

I don't mean discriminate voters based on sex, ethnicity, nationality, race, sexual orientation, religion (or lack thereof), or by class. But by there knowledge of politics.

People talk about how everyone should have a voice when in their government. But what if they don't know anything about politics? Like, incumbent holders of prominent political offices, basic history so that we don't repeat the mistakes of others, basic economics, knowledge of the Constitution or other documents of the like, current events, etc.

Should uninformed voters who doesn't know what's at stake be able to vote at all? Should there be legislation against it? What are your thoughts.

Well, It is true that the uninformed really ruin the votes. I think what we should do is just shut down those anti-open minded news channels like CNN, FOX and MSNBC And replace them with just factual evidence.

If you really care about how your nation works and what is happening you should get your lazy ass up and study about it instead making a decision on a biased review of a topic. Thats my sayings to the people who watch them.

But, I think they should also have a basic test to know basic things like "What does the 1st Amendment protect?" and "What was the era of American history after the Civil War?" And if you fail it once you should not be able to take it until next election.

[Amnesiac]

It doesn't matter if a voter isn't well versed in current political debate. The reason why universal voting rights are so important is because decisions made by our elected officials directly affect every individual in the United States. That includes the less knowledgeable citizens.

Democracy is a horribly inefficient form of government. However, it is one of a select few systems that protects the right of individual people to support the worldview that they believe is the best, even if their views are corrupted or otherwise flawed. Take away voting rights, and you're creating a class of "uninformed" people who would still be subject to the government's power (laws, taxes, ect.) but wouldn't be able to have any say in how that power affects them.

I also strongly disagree with shutting down media channels. That's blatantly against the first amendment and, in the end, it won't change much. Political biases will always exist in society, and having the government try and engineer the press to get rid of that is an enormous overstepping of power.

[huginnmuninn]

that's why we have the electoral college for voting for the POTUS even if i think it's messed up with states that have a "winner-takes-all" ideology (idk if that's the word I'm looking for but i hope you understand) but that's a different topic. Most uninformed voters are only going to vote 2-3 times a year and mainly for representatives, governors, and the pres. because they won't know about all the other votes that go on during the year. But people have the right to vote for their leaders based on whatever criteria they want, it's their right. even if they completely screw everything up and it makes the world a worse place.

[Sol90]

Yea. Go vote.

[Christine.]

Everyone should except kids. There wouldnt be a good way to tell if they knew politics