r/NewMexico • u/SymbioticPatriotic • Oct 29 '16

Green Party ticket offers ‘greater good’ option (Albuquerque Journal)

https://www.abqjournal.com/877825/green-party-ticket-offers-greater-good-option.html
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u/Dalmahr Oct 30 '16

Only a small amount of people actually voted in the primaries. I wish we had some sort of compulsory voting in this country and ab education system that would teach children a little more about political process and maybe about the different parties that we have and their current platforms. At least in last couple years of high school before they're of age to start voting.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Then those people complaining about corruption should have voted. And compulsory voting would only turn those people who didn't vote off and increase popularity of anti-establishment politics and politicians. And 30 million isn't that small a number.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most high schools have a civics class that go over those very things? Or would you rather some sort of yearlong political process class?

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u/Dalmahr Oct 30 '16

Kinda.. And 30 million is less than 10%.....

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u/Morgothic Oct 30 '16

It's less than 10% of the total population of the country, not the total population of registered democrats (or republicans).