Why Is It Citizens Don't Vote During Federal Elections?

[ANNE_2]

I never miss voting.

I love the USA. I love the US Constitution.
Those who don’t vote, have no right to complain.

Unions such as SEIU, UAW, Teamsters, AFL-CIO, NEA, etc spends billions in lobbying and the election process, and have their members take time off from work (with sick pay) to work the polls etc.

Peepers, keep those peepers open, and you will see that blaming only business, is near sighted, no longer factual, and a thing of the past.

Planned Parenthood & NARAL also spend much to drink from the public trough as well.

 

[Phemie]

Hello Gift from God;

I can certainly understand the pressures of family and commitments to work which can make voting even in advance polls inconvenient and sometimes unintentionally forgetting to get your democratic vote in.

This election year has made it more increasingly difficult to decide who deserves a vote in Canada when all four federal constituent representatives are all Pro Abortion.
That includes Prime Minister Harper too who is Pro Abortion.

Mr. Prime Minister Harper certainly gives very little care about Christian and Jewish religious obligations placing advance voting polls on Good Friday and Holy Saturday for those unable to vote for whatever valid reason on May 2ond.

And as one gentleman already made evident in this thread (“Who wants to vote for Green Environment issues”) Sure they have a certain relevance as a distant reason for voting. Virtually any Catholic Moral issue has been eliminated.

Medical Health Care in Canada is virtually bleed of fiscal support. Like the Americans we will be paying entirely for our own health care soon. Well at least those who can afford it.

I feel caught between a rock and a hard place deciding who to vote for if your voting for Catholic Moral issues.

I hope God and His Angels are with me when I make my mark in the check-box.
God forbid I’m voting for the Green Party

Peace
Chris

In Canada, isn’t it the law that employers have to give their employees 4 consecutive hours to make it to the polls?

My options this year are: an openly gay candidate; a married Catholic man who was caught in adultery with another married Catholic and whom I trust about as far as I can throw and the unknown-by-me candidate for the party that would dismantle the military and more than supports same-sex marriage and abortion for all who want it. We have no Green Party candidate. If I’m limiting myself to voting on Catholic issues I’m not voting at all.

 

[centurionguard]

I never miss voting.

I love the USA. I love the US Constitution.
Those who don’t vote, have no right to complain.

Unions such as SEIU, UAW, Teamsters, AFL-CIO, NEA, etc spends billions in lobbying and the election process, and have their members take time off from work (with sick pay) to work the polls etc.

Peepers, keep those peepers open, and you will see that blaming only business, is near sighted, no longer factual, and a thing of the past.

Planned Parenthood & NARAL also spend much to drink from the public trough as well.

Planned Parenthood & NARAL also spend much to drink from the public trough as well.

Yes; but not unlike the United States, Planned Parenthood in Canada is also supported from a federal level. Every citizens federal tax dollars support the national Abortion agenda by mothers who could careless about the life inside their wombs.
Over 60 million Abortions combined slaughtered in both countries

Think about it; Presidents, Prime Ministers, Congress, Parliament, Senators, and a vast array of politicians almost (“all”) support Abortion.

For every Catholic which moral precedent predominates the reason why we vote in our respective countries?

If Abortion is not the predominate issue in a true Catholic’s heart then we are all nothing but windbags voting for meaningless political promises that do little, only to make political leaders famous.

God will hold us accountable how we all cast our vote.

Peace
Chris

 

[centurionguard]

In Canada, isn’t it the law that employers have to give their employees 4 consecutive hours to make it to the polls?

My options this year are: an openly gay candidate; a married Catholic man who was caught in adultery with another married Catholic and whom I trust about as far as I can throw and the unknown-by-me candidate for the party that would dismantle the military and more than supports same-sex marriage and abortion for all who want it. We have no Green Party candidate. If I’m limiting myself to voting on Catholic issues I’m not voting at all.

If I’m limiting myself to voting on Catholic issues I’m not voting at all.

So what are you suggesting here? We know Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage are legal in Canada. Seemingly a lost cause there because there’s little chance of those issues changing morally until Hell Freezes Over.

No Catholic Moral issues…what’s left? Secularized Social Justice Issues, with many entwined in humanism’s to make you feel good and pat yourself on back.

Good Gosh!

Your right there’s no Green Party candidate…but who cares.

Sorry…

 

[LeafByNiggle]

…
…Any Catholic person (citizen) who votes for a Pro-Abortion candidate President or Prime Minister is guilty of serious sin…

That may be true. But faithful Catholics may still disagree over who is and who is not actually pro-abortion.

 

[centurionguard]

That may be true. But faithful Catholics may still disagree over who is and who is not actually pro-abortion.

Over Sixty-Eight Million Catholics reside in the United States…approximately 22% plus of the total U.S. population

By comparison Canada has over Fourteen Million Catholics…46% plus of the total population.

In speaking about both countries collectively; I find it strange how 82 million Catholics couldn’t or can’t raise a big enough voice to our respective governments voting against Abortion and Same-Sex marriage.

And what about the remainder of all other Christian voices from various Christian religions.

What happened fifty years ago? Did the majority of so called Catholics and Christians crawl up in a cowardice corner enthralled in a Modernistic Age and decided to be indifferent to the morality of their Christian heritage and precepts?

The Truth sometimes hurts. Are we too the blame for the moral demise of society by adding our own indifference to Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage?

Its difficult to believe how 68 million Catholics in the U.S. and 14 million Catholic voices in Canada couldn’t effect the moral laws of our countries.

Again the truth hurts…and we ourselves along with our parents and grand-parents partially shoulder the shame a blame for the greater voice of the minority winning their pleas in the Supreme courts to mainstay the legality of Abortion and Same-Sex marriage in our countries.

We can try to argue this but really proof is in the pudding. Indifference.

 

[The_Reginator]

Over Sixty-Eight Million Catholics reside in the United States…approximately 22% plus of the total U.S. population

By comparison Canada has over Fourteen Million Catholics…46% plus of the total population.

In speaking about both countries collectively; I find it strange how 82 million Catholics couldn’t or can’t raise a big enough voice to our respective governments voting against Abortion and Same-Sex marriage.

And what about the remainder of all other Christian voices from various Christian religions.

What happened fifty years ago? Did the majority of so called Catholics and Christians crawl up in a cowardice corner enthralled in a Modernistic Age and decided to be indifferent to the morality of their Christian heritage and precepts?

The Truth sometimes hurts. Are we too the blame for the moral demise of society by adding our own indifference to Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage?

Its difficult to believe how 68 million Catholics in the U.S. and 14 million Catholic voices in Canada couldn’t effect the moral laws of our countries.

Again the truth hurts…and we ourselves along with our parents and grand-parents partially shoulder the shame a blame for the greater voice of the minority winning their pleas in the Supreme courts to mainstay the legality of Abortion and Same-Sex marriage in our countries.

We can try to argue this but really proof is in the pudding. Indifference.

Chris,
This post brought to mind the refrain from a song I’ve loved since my early teens:

I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you…

Hmmm… “So I’ll leave it up to you.” Yup that’s often our attitude.
If only I could find a politician to ‘leave it up to’…

(That’s from “I’d Love to Change the World” by Ten Years After.)

 

[Phemie]

Over Sixty-Eight Million Catholics reside in the United States…approximately 22% plus of the total U.S. population

By comparison Canada has over Fourteen Million Catholics…46% plus of the total population.

In speaking about both countries collectively; I find it strange how 82 million Catholics couldn’t or can’t raise a big enough voice to our respective governments voting against Abortion and Same-Sex marriage.

What percentage of that percentage actually believe that abortion and same-sex marriage is wrong? I’ve even had a priest tell me that when a family told him they were taking their teenage daughter for an abortion he replied, “You have to do what’s best for your family.”

 

[ANNE_2]

In Canada, isn’t it the law that employers have to give their employees 4 consecutive hours to make it to the polls?

My options this year are: an openly gay candidate; a married Catholic man who was caught in adultery with another married Catholic and whom I trust about as far as I can throw and the unknown-by-me candidate for the party that would dismantle the military and more than supports same-sex marriage and abortion for all who want it. We have no Green Party candidate. If I’m limiting myself to voting on Catholic issues I’m not voting at all.

Do your best to sort it out, and vote for the person you believe (according to the CCC) to be the lessor of the evils. Unfortunately this happens. Vote even if you have to write in the name of “Our Lord, Jesus Christ”. A write in will at least show your displeasure in the choices of candidates. Another write in choice could be “none of the above”.

 

[Peepers]

I never miss voting.

I love the USA. I love the US Constitution.
Those who don’t vote, have no right to complain.

Unions such as SEIU, UAW, Teamsters, AFL-CIO, NEA, etc spends billions in lobbying and the election process, and have their members take time off from work (with sick pay) to work the polls etc.

Peepers, keep those peepers open, and you will see that blaming only business, is near sighted, no longer factual, and a thing of the past.

Planned Parenthood & NARAL also spend much to drink from the public trough as well.

Anne - I would say that unions, planned parenthood, the various religious organizations, business interests, and so forth… are all exerting influence on the political system in ways which were not originally envisioned. Their deep pockets make it more difficult for the average voter to feel as a part of the political system. It bothers me when the Mormon Church starts throwing its money down in political campaigns as much as when Microsoft does. The courts have found that limiting a corporate voice is unconstitutional. I don’t think this serves for the good of the average person. Religious organizations can lose their tax exempt status if they directly participate in a political campaign, which I think is appropriate, even thought it is not always enforced by the IRS.

 

[Phemie]

Do your best to sort it out, and vote for the person you believe (according to the CCC) to be the lessor of the evils. Unfortunately this happens. Vote even if you have to write in the name of “Our Lord, Jesus Christ”. A write in will at least show your displeasure in the choices of candidates. Another write in choice could be “none of the above”.

I’ve done that once. I was crying on my way to the polls and DH looked at me concerned and asked, “What is wrong?!?!”
“I can’t not vote and yet I can’t vote for any of those candidates!”
I wrote in, “I can’t, in good conscience, vote for any of the candidates.” Most people thought that was foolish and didn’t accomplish anything, but AFAIC it registered my displeasure with the candidates.

 

[edwest2]

OK Canadians are making their next bloody Federal Election in two years instead of four on May 2ond next month.

Americans go to the federal voting polls in November 2012.

Is it just me or is their a growing trend of poor voting percentage increasingly every four years?

Statistics show that in both countries there’s nearly 40% plus of the eligible voters who could careless about taking up their democratic duty.

As Catholics I often wonder how many get tired of voting since NO politician will ever entertain the Abortion issue in their platforms

Like an increasing trend of citizens do we Catholics find ourselves getting (“apathetic”) every time Election time comes up?

I don’t know. Long winded speeches from candidates with a huge bait of empty promises.

All the fanfare and glamour attraction for a single vote.

Same load of C#*p! different pile and doesn’t matter who takes power, Republicans, Democrats, Liberals or Conservatives.

I admit I find myself getting trapped in all this trying to find some appreciable Catholic Moral issues and those of Social Justice to base my vote on.

Increasingly; I find its getting more difficult voting for the lessor of two impending evils every time federal election time comes up.

Any thoughts?

Peace
Chris

The perception in the United States is partly that both parties are crooked to some degree. Since the late 1960s, the Democrats turned away from their platform and became more liberal. Just thank God that we at least have a choice and even though it can boil down to the lesser of two evils, it’s still a choice. I suggest a good Catholic newspaper during an election year to get the Catholic view on the issues. In fact, a subscription, either paper or online, would be valuable for all Catholics.

In the US, local elections get a greater turnout since voters feel they have a better chance of getting what they want and believe in, whether at the state or city level. My feeling is that the US government, while always beholden to some special interests, is now filled with so many lobbyists that I wonder if this or any future President might break free of them.

Pray and have hope, then be counted.

Peace,
Ed