Democracy: Should There Be A Test?

Should There Be A Test Of Political Knowledge Before Voting?

  • Yes

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  • No

    Votes: 5 55.6%
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All Else Failed

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All people of legal age should have the right to vote, so I voted no in the poll. I believe that by keeping people from voting would feed corruption and deceptive discrimination.

I would however support more education on how communities/political systems/government works for grades 9-12.
100% agreed.
 
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Because voting is a right guaranteed by the Constitution, driving a car isn't. Also, not knowing how to drive a car can directly kill others, not knowing politics can't

I agree with the voting thing, but this is now with regards the driving thing you mentioned - there are far more who have passed their driving tests that kill, cos they drive any which way they like - I see it every single day I am walking out and about, how stupid so-called drivers who have passed their tests drive. So dangerously.

I have nothing against people having different views if they know what those views actually are. How many people who vote for the BNP for instance are actually aware that their economic policy is so retarded it would send our country bankrupt for instance? The majority who vote for them do it simply on the basis of them wanting to get rid of immigrants and have no idea about how else they would run the country.

No, I agree to that, you don't have anything against ppl having their views, but I just wonder how it would happen to have the pre-test? :)
 
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Because voting is a right guaranteed by the Constitution, driving a car isn't. Also, not knowing how to drive a car can directly kill others, not knowing politics can't

Yeah, I wonder if all those parents who lost sons/daughters and voted for Bush feel the same way.

The Constitution is something that can be ammended and has. Remember, this is the same document that didn't allow women to vote. I am also not saying a test should be a requirement, just playing devils advocate here. I can see both points of this argument very easily.
 

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If you're going to condone a pre-vote test (which I do not), then we might as well put chastity belts on everyone and make 'em take a pre-sex test, and put everyone on the Pill and make 'em take a pre-parent test before anyone gets pregnant.
(And just so that I am not misconstrued, I do not advocate the examples I mentioned, I am just implying that a pre-vote test is preposterous.)

Ditto.
 

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I think that cos of the corruption, it's more a case of who to vote for, as opposed to what ppl know or don't know about politics, unfortunately.
 

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I think that cos of the corruption, it's more a case of who to vote for, as opposed to what ppl know or don't know about politics, unfortunately.
Like Grace said, there NEEDS to be more education on how our government and electoral process works, that will make people more keen to recognizing candidates that have their best interests in mind.
 

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Like Grace said, there NEEDS to be more education on how our government and electoral process works, that will make people more keen to recognizing candidates that have their best interests in mind.

That is true, but having said that, people can only be educated with what they are given - such as what the government choose to pass on to us themselves.
 
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