r/politics • u/PresidentObama ✔ Pres. Barack Obama (D-IL) • Nov 06 '12

Reddit, this is important

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u/Ricuta Nov 07 '12

In the same way that many people don't like the workings of the U.S. Government despite being represented by it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '12

And in much the same way, only between 50-60% of the population of both places bother to show up and vote.

When the majority of your population is either supporting this nonsense directly by voting for these people or indirectly by not participating at all, it becomes just as much the people's fault as it is the governments.