Why Vote? Whose Voice Is Viable, and Who Is Vulnerable?

Abstract

Just as the fall of the year itself undergoes a transformation, frequently the season conjures up the notion of new beginnings—of change. Besides the detaching, accumulating, and blowing of autumn’s multi-colored leaves, the ripe and over-ripe bounty of summer’s growth is ready to harvest. A shift of the November wind’s flow, too, stirs a sense of readiness for change. November evokes a time for deliberation about voting that sometimes signifies change and new beginnings or perhaps signals transformation. A desire for change is often the catalyst for casting a ballot. Voting is repeatedly upheld as a privilege and a right of people living in freedom within a democracy. Is it really? What is freedom exactly? Where did the idea of voting begin?

Citation

Christensen, L.M. (2006), "Why Vote? Whose Voice Is Viable, and Who Is Vulnerable?", Social Studies Research and Practice, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 465-468. https://doi.org/10.1108/SSRP-03-2006-B0016