Over the past week, Republican Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts has been a hot item in the news. This was a startling upset because Massachusetts traditionally has been known as a democratic state. Now, however, one of its senate seats has gone to the Republicans. This is an example of people taking control over their politics. Regardless of the traditionally democratic leaning of the state, the people’s voice was heard.
This year is an election year, and we at Politivote encourage people to participate in our government. We invite everyone to come to our site, register, and participate. The people who participated in the Massachusetts election have set the example for all of us to get politically involved. The election of Scott Brown shows that despite of all predictions, if the people want something to happen, and they let their voice be heard, it will happen. The odds were against Scott Brown’s winning the election. Yet, he won because enough people wanted that to happen and got involved politically. The purpose of this article isn’t to promote Scott Brown’s agenda, but merely to show that the people can influence the course of politics through active participation.
I encourage the reader to follow the example of the citizens who were involved in the Massachusetts election and register for Politivote. We provide another opportunity to let your voice be heard. We accumulate federal and state legislation and we have an instrument on the site that can be used to vote on the legislation. We store the votes on these bills, and will eventually send them to federal and state legislators. Politivote can insure that the voice of the people finds its way to our representatives and accomplishes what the people want.