Letter to the Idea that One Vote Doesn't Matter

Letter to the Idea that One Vote Doesn't Matter

In the presidential election of 2016, the idea that one vote doesn't matter was born. People
were frustrated about both of the candidates, and they chose to not cast their votes during the election. Many people feel like they are not represented in the political process, and instead of choosing to fight back, they choose to sit back and just give in to the pressure of organizing and fighting for what they believe in.

But, one of the most important thing that I learned at Citizen University is that you are more powerful than you think. In this country, there are thousands of people whose life depends on the result of the election. In one of the breakout section that I attended, I learned about how important organization is and how powerful each ballot is. Eric Liu also talked about we are more powerful that we might think. Each person in this country has the power to change the future of the country. And those of us who are able to understand the news and think independently have the responsibility to expand our power by casting our ballot. In the world that we live in today, unlike energy, power is limitless. One of us gaining power doesn't mean that someone else is going to lose power. When each and every one of us expands our power, we increase the power that we have in this country as a whole.

When we think that we are not important, and our one vote doesn't matter, we need to think about the power that comes with being a citizen, and the implication from not exerting the right to vote. The country is stronger when its citizens participate in the democratic process.

So during the next election, I urge people to dismiss the notion that their vote doesn't matter. If people give in to their despair and ignorance and do not vote, it will weaken the democratic process. Also, it's an obligation for citizens to excessive their right. If citizens exercise their rights, they add power to themselves and therefore make the country stronger as a whole.