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QUESTION #1 Which one of the reasons in the article best explains why many Americans do not vote? Why is it the most convincing?

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QUESTION #1 Which one of the reasons in the article best explains why many Americans do not vote? Why is it the most convincing?

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QUESTION # 2 Do you think more people would vote if the United States had more than two main political parties? Explain your thoughts.

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QUESTION # 2 Do you think more people would vote if the United States had more than two main political parties? Explain your thoughts.

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QUESTION # 3 Imagine you are an election official and you find out that only a small percentage of people in your community voted in the last election. Based on this article, what would you do to increase voter turnout?

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QUESTION # 3 Imagine you are an election official and you find out that only a small percentage of people in your community voted in the last election. Based on this article, what would you do to increase voter turnout?

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1. I think Americans don’t vote because registration is long and takes work. Also they might not like the presidents that are running.

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2. I think that people still wont vote if their is a third party because you still have to register to get in. But also they might because some people don’t like republicans and democrats so they might like a new group.

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1. In my opinion, the best reason in the article explaining why many Americans do not vote is Registration Takes Work. This reason was most convincing because some Americans could see registering as just another task that they have to get done. This could be because they don’t know many people who have already registered, and they might not know that that is a small fee in exchange for the right to vote.

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3. I would maybe go around the neighborhood and put up posters and knock on door asking them to vote.

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2. I think that although adding more main parties would increase the amount of voters in the USA, it wouldn’t be worth it, because young voters might get overwhelmed and unsure of who to vote for. In the article, it states “A third-party candidate can’t win an election here”. If that changes, people might find a party that they think they are passionate about supporting. On the contrary, as I mentioned before, it might become complicated and overwhelming. While I believe it to be true, I have no evidence to support this point. So, yes. I do think that adding more main parties would increase the amount of voters in America.

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Q1. My opinion is that reason 1, Registration takes work is the most convincing because of how everyone doesn’t care much about voting already, especially if it takes work to sign up, get the ballot, and vote. Only some people who are into politics care that much to vote.

By Maya

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3. If I were to be an election official and a small quantity of people in my community voted, I would try to encourage my close friends and family to vote. If I was passionate about my job, I would put up signs. I would try to remind people that their vote matters just as much as the next person, and that voting is a good way to put in your input. If you have the opportunity, you should take it. Not everybody has that privilege. In fact, I’m sure that there are plenty of entire communities wishing that they had that privilege.

In conclusion, voting is important and if you have the opportunity to vote you should, no matter who it is you’re voting for.

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I think that there will be less people who vote if there is more than two political parties because very few people vote for candidates of parties that are neither republicans or democrats.

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3. If I was an Election Official and my town barely votes I would put up signs and explain them why to vote. If that doesn’t work I would give speeches and tell them why voting is important.

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1. I think that reason number 1 best explains why many Americans don’t vote. This reason was convincing because you have to do a lot of paperwork and it’s a lot of work.

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I would make registering easier and make a “one-stop shop” where people can register and vote at the same time. I would not let people vote before Election Day. I would put up posters to promote voting.

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1: The reason from the article that best describes why many Americans don’t vote is when the article includes that the registration requires lots of work. I think that this hypothesis describes why so many Americans don’t vote because people have their lives to do, and they don’t always have free time to do long and grueling registration work. By Adri

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1. I think that the best reason that Americans couldn’t vote was because of education. The biggest predictor of whether someone will vote is whether they hold a college degree because they are more likely to learn politics and have a friend that will vote. It is most convincing because it is a big part of the deciding factor to vote.

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The reason that best explains why most Americans don’t vote  is because they don’t have college degrees this was most convincing because many people without college degrees don’t have as much confidence which can lead to thinking the vote doesn’t count or won’t matter at all.

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Q1.I think one reason that many Americans is that they think the voting process is complicated and their vote probably won’t count.

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1. In my opinion, I think reason one best explains why man Americans do not vote. If registration takes work you may not want to do that work. Nobody wants to do work so if you don’t want to then you just won’t vote.

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1. In my opinion it would be the 1st reason (which was Registering Takes Work) because there is a site that I’d have to go to, then fill out the paperwork, and its a long process. It was interesting to me because in the United States people are kind of busy but still a lot of people vote.

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2: I think that more people would vote if there were more that two political parties because some people aren’t 100% Republican or 100% Democratic. More options would lead them to vote for what and who they want. By Adri

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#1 In my opinion, I think that the most convincing reason for me is that America takes lots of polls and for some people this may be overwhelming and tiring. For me, this reason is most convincing because I think it would take a lot of work to constantly be having to make very important, life-changing decisions for your country!

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1. I think that according to the article, the reason people don’t vote is because they need to be educated early and well meaning that children should be properly taught to vote at a young age . I think this is the most convincing reason because if your not taught that voting is important when your younger it may not be a priority when your an adult. By Bijoux

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The reason that best explains why most Americans don’t vote

Yes because then there would be three parties to choose from. Meaning people have more choices and options to choose from if they don’t like either of the two. The reason why is because U. S. Elections only reward the first past the post. Most people choose not to vote cause third parties can’t win elections.

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3: If I was an election official who wants more people to vote (even if its not for me), I would make a proposition. This proposition is that the more people vote, less taxes there are. For example, if 70% of people vote, I’ll decrease the taxes by 7%, if it was lower than 50%, I would not change a thing. By Adri

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2. Yes I do think it will make more people want to vote. I think that because if someone doesn’t like one or the other there is a bigger chance that they will like one out of three or four. “And in a two party system , voters might not find either candidate represents their views”.

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Q2. I think that more than 2 main parties would definitely help, because right now we get 4 parties , but almost everyone doesn’t vote for the third and fourth parties. They aren’t the main parties: Republican and Democratic.

By Maya

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1. I think it was the first reason. I think it was that because the people don’t want to go ride 20 minutes in their car just to put a vote in. But one time the people sent the ballets to their houses but surprisingly it lowered the voting rate.

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2. Yes. If you don’t like either candidate you you most likely won’t want to vote. If there was more options than you have more choices on who to vote for which means you would be more likely to vote.

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2. If there was more than 2 parties which there is but they are not the main 2 parties, I think people would vote more because on Page 362 the second paragraph states that some people don’t like each of the parties.

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Q3. I think that if I was an election official and people weren’t voting I would tell them that they would make a difference if they voted, it makes people feel important. I would also make a difference by telling kids when they’re young that “ voting’s important, vote when you grow up”.

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2. I think more people in the U.S. would vote if there was more parties because the would have more freedom to choose.

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2. Yes, because they would vote for the candidate whose ideas support their own preferences. Evidence from the text shows that the United States is mainly a two party system. Many people don’t vote because if they don’t like a democrat or republican running for office they wont vote. However, if they like a third party candidate they may show up to vote. By Bijoux

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3.  I would highly encourage that the people vote for whomever they want. I would mail it to the peoples homes. I would remind them to vote early so they don’t have to worry on Election Day. And I would want the people that like the up and coming president to help and make others vote to.

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#3 If I were an election official, I would try to encourage people by telling them that their votes make a difference in this country, and our valuable to the decision. And if that doesn’t work, in the end I still have to remember that it is their decision and peer pressure may not always work.

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1. As an election official what I would do to increase the amount of people voting in my community Is I would send my hired supporters to walk door to door encouraging others to vote for me. By Bijoux

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3. I would get volunteers to knock on door and ask people to vote. I would also put up colorful and noticeable signs that people won’t miss.

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1. Because it is hard to vote and takes time

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3. I would put up posters and signs that said to vote and on billboards and would promote voting.

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#2 I think that more people would vote if the US had more than two political parties, because people could vote for whoever they wanted.They might like one president but not all of their rules, and all together decide to just not vote at all. So, if there was three candidates maybe they would like their style of leadership and actually participate in the election. On page 363, paragraph 8 it says “ Such minor-party candidates seldom raise much money to campaign.”

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I would say I am gonna do what the people want address current issues that need to be fixed. Also I would recognize the third parties more. I would make sure people are educated early and beforehand on the vote as well.

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Q2. I think more people will vote because there will be smaller parties and votes can count. And sometimes people don’t support democrats or republicans.

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Q3. I would simplify the paperwork and tell people their vote matters.

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1. In my opinion, the reason that best explains why many Americans don’t vote is because “Two parties may not be enough”.  This reason was most convincing because if none of the parties represent what you think, why would you vote?

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2.  Yes, because in the article it says “Two parties may not be enough”, and in that section it says “ This promotes a system where candidates tend to be members of only two major political parties. And in a two – party system, voters might not find that either candidate represents their views. And where they don’t, moral says, voters might just stay at home.

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3.  Based on the article, I would try to make third and fourth party candidates able to become presidents. In case that people don’t feel represented by the two main political parties people will have more options on who they want to be their president.