Evidently Voting's Trivial
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I enjoy trivia and, as such, belong to two trivia generating sites. Every day I'm presented with multiple choice answers to trivial questions. Today the answer was what prompted writing this poem.
Evidently Voting's Trivial
By Franklin Price
9/2/2016
Evidently voting's trivial
I discovered so today
Learned from my on line trivia
This is what it had to say
Of the U.S. Population
That are qualified to vote
Only 66% are registered
This answer really gets my goat
It gets a little better
This is trivia of note
Only 57% of all
Cast their most important vote
Of by and for the people
Government is said to be
With this percent of voting
It's just not something that I see
If all of those who cast their votes
Matched their ballots all the same
Would barely elect the chosen,
By majority, what a shame
Many elections very close
Some a percent or two
That means percentage less than 30
Elected representatives for you
So if you are non-registered
Don't run your mouth at all
You're the reason for the spot we're in
Why we're in decline and fall
This year our choices not the best
Candidates not good by far
Please register and cast your vote
Be responsible, 'cause you are
Copyright © Franklin Price | Year Posted 2016
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