What’s the point?

Dear editor:

Right now we have our government debating voter rights. They want everyone’s vote to count. No matter race, gender, and so on.

Yet, it’s another bloated bill with no substance and a lot of pork. The way voting works now, it’s not a race or gender issue, as much as they want you to believe. It’s a two-party system issue. If you live in a red state, and are a Democrat, your vote doesn’t matter and vice versa. It’s a waste of time to go vote for anything because if one party outnumbers the other. What’s the point?

That’s why, no matter what bill they pass, it will never matter. The election of the president should be made to be the popular vote, as the electoral college is outdated and no longer needed in this day and age, along with other things I won’t get into.

But as far as local and state elections, if you are the other party in a red or blue state, just stay home. Your vote won’t make a difference, ever.

Half the time one of our two parties won’t even bother running someone against the other party (Arkansas governor, as an example). We will have a Republican by default; no choice in the matter. That’s the real issue with voting in this day and age. Everyone talks about their right to do this, or not to do this. One side pushes their agenda on people like abortion saying it’s wrong, while the other side says their body, their choice … while the other side pushes vaccines, and the other side screams my body, my choice.

When do you see the stupidity right in front of your face? That nothing you do or think matters except to you, and some weird group of people on the internet. Ron Swanson

Hot Springs