Why many people dont bother to vote in the elections?

Are the rulers of to-day working for the benefit of people? Is the population
satisfied with government institutions? But also, living in a democratic country gives
citizens a reason to forget about their rights and duties? In the last elections that have
been conducted in across the world, but especially here in the Dominican Republic, it has
been noticed that many people dont bother to vote for any particular candidate and
prefer to stay at their home on the elections day. Below are presented some of the
causes that make voters not to attend to the polls. The main one of them is just because
the government doesnt care about the citizens needs, so they feel disappointed. Also
because of the corruption that exist in almost every governmental institution. Politicians
take for themselves all the money that is supposed to be directed, in some way, to the
citizens. Another likeable reason could be, because there are certain people that dont
sympathize or are not attached with any specific political party. In contrast, a big part of
the population prefer to wait until someone related to the political campaign give them
money for going to vote, particularly here in the DR.
Although its a duty of every citizen, there are a lot of people out there that dont
like politics, so they dont necessarily have to be identified with a political party. Maybe
for them is the same which president, senator, or deputy result elected. If they are rich,
they wouldnt have problems with that because they can sustain by themselves,
economically talking, and if they are poor, probably they are tired of the promises that all
politicians do and not meet, so they dont bother to go out and vote. Furthermore, many
people think their vote is not going to make the difference and doesnt count for much.
Despite of all of this, we all know that voting is a right and duty of every human, so even
though some people are not in the mood to vote, one thing they should do is, at least,
leave the ballot of candidates in blank and expressed their disagreement by this way,
instead of staying silent.
According to the reactions of the people when they are interviewed in the days
surrounding the elections, and at any time during the period of government, the main
cause of why people dont care to vote in the elections is because the government forgets
of all the basic needs of communities. This results in disappointment and dissatisfaction,
so they dont feel motivated to vote for anyone. On the interviews, they expressed their
unconformity because the government just cares about making great buildings, train
stations, monuments, parks, and other things; but forgets to work for the poor and most
needy which should be its principal goal. They also say that theres a lot of corruption and
all the people involved with the government become rich instantly because they rob the
money of people and dont do anything for them. The lack of voters will continue, until
this situation disappears.
Up to this point, there have been presented some of the main reasons why people
dont go to vote, all of them having the government as the guilty in the situation.
However, in the other hand we have, the citizens. Not all the blame of the absence of
many people in the polls has to do with the government, at least explicitly, because it is
involved in some way. There are some citizens, if they could be call that way, that stay at
their home because the only way they are going to vote is if anyone related to any
political party give to them the popular $500.00 pesos (here in the DR) to go out and vote,
which is something thats not well seen, but is a consequence of the horrible economic
situation many people is passing by, and that has to do, again, with the governments job.
All political parties spend a lot of money in this type of activity of buying votes, but
obviously it will not reach to the entire population, so there will be many who left without
voting at the end of the day. Thats why it can be considered as a cause of the topic that
has been presented in this essay.
In conclusion, the reasons why there are so many people who dont vote in the
elections are very clear and different from each other. Citizens are not voting as a result of
the poor job governments are doing to resolve their problems and because theyre tired
of hearing promises never fulfilled. The corruption is another fact in this situation that
influences the people not to vote. Also, there are individuals that leave the elections day
without voting, waiting for someone coming to convince them buying their vote. This
should be a situation we should start giving the importance that it deserves. Voting is a
right and duty of every citizen, so we all are supposed to be present at the polls and
exercise our right to vote.