Why Do People Vote in US Elections?

I wonder why some people vote? Some people don't even know who is on the ballot whether it be for state or a national election. Do people really care or are they just voting just to say that they voted. That is only one's opinion. People probably don't feel like that there vote does not make a difference. Especially after the 2000 US Presidential Election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Al Gore won the popular vote, but George W. Bush won the election thanks to the Electoral College. The Electoral College however usually gets the finally say in any US Presidental Election. I think that election put a lot of doubt in people's minds in the political system. Lots of people probably did not even vote again after the year 2000.
On www.psychologytoday.com in a November 8, 2009 post online tries to answer this question. ''Why Do People Vote? by Satoshi Kanazawa'' One of the reasons that people vote its because its an irrational act. The probability of your vote making a difference in a national election for President of the United States would make a small or no difference. The closest election in US Presidental history was back in the 1960. When John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon were on the ballot for US President. The probability for one voter to make a difference was 1 out of 118,574. That is not even 200,000 people. ''One person's vote is never going to make any difference in a large national election. Why do people vote? There is no definitive answer that everybody agrees on.''
I have to agree with this article because people just vote without any reason. One vote will never determined who will win the US Presidental Election. You personally cannot be the one person who will decided who is the next President of the United States of America. The United States actually has political system, but its really unique and hard to understand. That why its called politics.

Passions

There are many things I love to do, to watch, and to listen too. First, I was a born and raised Lutheran Christian woman. Church and family have always been a big part of my life despite what my older sister thinks. I love listening to music because it is my life. I listen to hard rock, soft rock, soundtracks, heavy metal, punk rock, and rock n roll. I always have the radio on in my car. There is not a day that goes by where I am not listening to music.
As much as I hate to admit this, but I also love working. I have been working at Kohl's for almost 4 years now, but I cannot stand working retail so I am earning my degree in Communications to hopefully get a great job someday. I also love watching sports and attending them if I can. I am a loyal follower of World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling(TNA), Football, Hockey, Baseball, and some Volleyball. Every now and then I can be a movie buff and rent all kinds of movies if I have any money.
On the rare occasion I do like to read. I have always had a learning disability in reading, I had a hard time comprehending reading and understanding vocabulary. I hated reading as a child, but now I enjoy some reading besides school work. I have read and seen all of the movies to the Harry Potter books, the Twilight series, and the Lord of the Rings books. I have also read some musicians and bands autobiographies. I would recommend reading Motley Crue's autobiography, The Dirt, some parts are gross but a really good read.
I would describe myself as a unique person because I don't know what I am going to do everyday. Some days I feel like a teenage kid or a genius, etc. That is why like to say ''Take things One Day at a Time'' because who knows what is going to happen each day of life.