Why would my wish for voters only apply to 400 people? Apply it to 79,173 and see how that stacks up to the 200 complaints.
I agree, advocacy and public meetings are key, but in the diagram of who votes and who advocates, I’d wager you’ll find about zero people that advocate for a cause that don’t also vote. The inverse is not true.
Regardless, 30% don’t vote in federal elections, 40% skip general elections. In Medicine Hat, 78% didn’t vote in last year’s municipal election. Over in Lethbridge, 83% chose to forgo their civic duty.
While federal and provincial turnouts have room for improvement, they aren’t bad. Municipal affairs, on the other hand, are in such a sad state it’s incomprehensible to me how anyone could ask “what would voting even do here?”
Why would my wish for voters only apply to 400 people? Apply it to 79,173 and see how that stacks up to the 200 complaints.
I agree, advocacy and public meetings are key, but in the diagram of who votes and who advocates, I’d wager you’ll find about zero people that advocate for a cause that don’t also vote. The inverse is not true.
Regardless, 30% don’t vote in federal elections, 40% skip general elections. In Medicine Hat, 78% didn’t vote in last year’s municipal election. Over in Lethbridge, 83% chose to forgo their civic duty.
While federal and provincial turnouts have room for improvement, they aren’t bad. Municipal affairs, on the other hand, are in such a sad state it’s incomprehensible to me how anyone could ask “what would voting even do here?”