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RE: Hey Steemit, can blockchain technology increase voter turnout and participation?
I think it may if people believed it would curb fake votes. however,
Why is there so low a turnout or participation?
How can it be increased?
I believe there is loss of faith in the system. People are beginning at last to realise that it does not matter who is voted in, they still get screwed. Apathy, I think is the key. The electorate is so discouraged and wearied by everything about politics, that they just think 'what's the point?'.
If you want people to vote, someone has to create a new party that is true to it's word and believes in values the common man believes in. Run the country responsibly and for the people.
It's important to note that there's not a fake voter problem in the United States.
Most cases of voter fraud in the past years have been republicans that claimed they were trying to prove how easy voter fraud was. Since they got caught it's obviously not that easy.
I do agree with you that the two party system is dwindling voter turn-out. If we could have some sort of run-off voting system then that would be optimal.