chicken and the egg” question posed earlier, I would have to argue that the responsibility for the American people’s apathy toward voting lies with themselves. This brings us to the final question left to be answered. “What can be done about voter apathy?” The solution, I’m afraid, is a little more complicated and time consuming than one might think. First of all, people will need to start looking past a candidate’s personal life and instead concentrate on the important issues. This is not to say that a candidate’s character and value system is not important, just that these things are not as important as how well this candidate will represent his or her constituency. If this idea is not clear, think instead of the star player for your favorite sports team. You do not necessarily care how he or she carries themselves off the field as long as they continue to win games. Of course it would be nice if the athlete in question were as great a person as they were a star, but this is really secondary to seeing your team win the championship.Secondly, young people need to be involved, and educated, as early as possible in government and politics. With a better understanding of the way the government works and how politics really do effect them they will hopefully be able to make better-informed decisions when it comes election time. No longer will they care about the meaningless aspects of the candidates lives, choosing instead to focus on what issues are important to them and which candidate they feel most represents their interests. Lastly, now that the general public is no longer concerned with the daily goofs, gaffs, and blunders that seem all too common in candidates these days, maybe the media will once again pick up on their viewers preferences and turn again to the issues, leaving drama for prime time writers and big network executives.As I stated earlier, these are just a couple of t...
