Frank Smith Says NB: Bigger problems behind falling election turnout

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Bigger problems behind falling election turnout

By Chris Powell

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: A very good and appropriate editorial especially for those of us that live in New Britain. Consider this: our state senator and all of our state representatives are Democrats; thirteen of the fifteen Common Council members are Democrats; our congressman and both of our U.S. senators are Democrats; and worst of all our hapless Mayor is a Democrat!

Our NB elections are dominated by the Democrat and the Democrat Working Families
Parties. As for voter registration in NB, Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 5 - 1 margin. Recent elections have been pathetic in their turnout.

A Charter change to return to at-large system of electing Common Council members would be a farce because Charter Revision Commissions are controlled by the Council.

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away." H.D. Thoreau

Louis Salvio; March 14, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Anonymous said...: Don't forget that our dictator posing as a governor is also a radical socialist Democrat.; March 14, 2012 at 7:22 PM
Anonymous said...: I will never understand why any black person would ever affiliate with the party that spent over 200 years oppressing black people? If it were not for Republicans, blacks would still be kept as slaves picking cotton and would not have equal rights today.
Most black people even seem to worship JFK as their hero and he vehemently opposed giving blacks equal rights to whites. If you don't believe me, check Kennedy's vote against the civil rights act of 1958, when as a Senator, JFK voted NO to giving black people the same rights white people already had. It was only after a Senate filibuster held by Republicans that allowed the Republican party to pass the equal rights amendment guaranteeing blacks equal rights--against fierce opposition from Democrats who fought to the end to keep blacks inferior to whites, and now most black people run out and register to be part of the party that opposed them even being equal. It makes no sense to any right thinking person. It would be like Jews registering to be members of the Nazi party.; March 14, 2012 at 11:19 PM
Anonymous said...: With the voter registration age being 18, it may be appropriate to encourage high school students to become involved in the community. This way, they may find what good is happening, and also to find what needs to be done by the average citizen to improve what is happening. This may encourage them to register, and to vote in all elections. If someone does not vote, do they have a right to complain about what is happening in the community? I don't think so!!; March 15, 2012 at 2:01 PM

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