A (Short) Open Letter to the US Population
Think about this for a minute, as of 2013 only 41% of the population lean Republican when voting. To make matters worse, in the 4th quarter 2013 only 22% of the population identified themselves as Republicans.
So how do they have so much influence in our political system?
Easy, in off-year elections since 1990 between 33% and 37% of the voting eligible population(PDF) actually voted. And those that did vote tended to be Republican.
So 22% of the voting population is actually forcing the remainder of us to follow their rules.
The mess that we are currently in is the perfect evidence to prove, “My vote doesn’t make a difference,” is a lie.
So please do us all a favor,