Voting – right or duty?
By Santi, Claire and Bintou
They say that voting is a right and a duty in a democratic state. However, not all citizens go and vote in France, for example some young people do not vote… Who are they?
Those who do not trust politicians and politics in general, those who do not receive enough information. But there are also persons who use it as a way to protest, to say that something is going wrong in society and that they do not want to participate in this system.
Which is quite surprising is that no one cares about nonvoters; we only have some statistics and critics after the elections but apart from that… NOTHING! As a consequence, we do not know who nonvoters are, why they do not vote and if they could be potential voters if something changed in politics.
Nonetheless, some politicians try to attract their attention using media and creating political blogs on the Internet.
The French are in general more interested in presidential elections, maybe because they are more informed. Since 2002 we have noticed a radical change in behaviour as more people have been trying to play a part in political life.
Voting or nonvoting is a personal choice, but we have to be aware that it will have an impact on our lives.