To Vote Or Not To Vote... that is the question

After revealing to the class that I have never voted in any kind of United States election, I really started to question myself as a citizen. I am not even registered to vote, but I do have reasoning for why I haven't voted. I go to school out of state and I am in my home state about one month out of the year max. So what happens in that state doesn't really affect me. I also don't take the time to look at the candidates for these minor elections because once again the things they do have no affect on my life right now. So why take the time to go to the voting place and fill out a ballot for candidates that I know nothing about and won't phase my immediate life.

I will more than likely vote in this up coming presidential election because it is the first presidential election I am old enough to vote in. I do think voting is important especially in the presidential election and i think it is sad that more people don't vote. I think the low voting percentage and the amount of people who are dissatisfied with the United States government go hand and hand. When people are unsatisfied with what the role the government is playing in society it makes them less willing to take the to vote. Especially if they have voted in many other elections and the person they voted for didn't win. it's like trying out for a team and getting cut over and over and over again. It's discouraging.

I would consider myself a individual issue voter because i would consider myself an independent. I find issues on both sides of the political spectrum important. My mom is a conservative and my dad is an independent and told me he wrote his own name on the ballot in the last election (he is kinda a jokester).