With the presidential election running up behind us all, I thought it was important to show how much of a role the Computer world affects our entire nation. The first most obvious things are all the resources that are available. Some of these things include the politician’s standings on issues, blogs on what others are following, media perceptions of what is seen, and simply having the capability to register to vote.
The biggest step is the registration process that can all be done from home. It has had a major increase in the number of registered voters. My only hope would be that there could be an online voting system, we could quite possibly have 100% voter turnout, other than those that truly are unable to get to a computer or a voting booth.
Also with all of the distorted pictures we get from the politicians as they debate one another rather than the issues only serves to confuse potential voters. This confusion only gets worse when viewers watch news reports or try to gather information on the internet from news sites. The media too has their own biased opinions. The only ways to get around these things are to simply look at candidates past records, which the internet serves to speed up the process a little bit by making it, take days to learn a lot rather than years of following a candidates entire career. One good site to follow candidates past records on specific issues that may be important to a voter is Vote Smart. Which puts all the information in one place?
Therefore I feel one of the most important issues that faces us today is making a decision on who to vote for. It is almost impossible to trust our own opinions, so we need to use what is available to us to find as much good and unbiased information as we can.
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Your blog relates to many of the issues we have discussed in my political communications course. I do believe the internet is great for obtaining information quicky about the candidates and election. However there are many biased articles and information on the internet. Also just the point that it may be easier for people to register and vote raises question about people voting who maybe shouldn't.
I can relate to this post because I used the internet to gain information on the candidates, and to apply for my absentee ballot. If it weren't for the internet, this process would have been much more difficult. Although, it is important to be careful about what site you get information from, I think that finding information online can be much more convenient and accurate.
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