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Vote the Two-Step!

Our government is a mess. Agreed? We've become a country divided into teams and the object is to win. They don't care about their "fans" (We the People). They don't care if they're spending too much or not collecting enough or even if their own rules are being followed. All our political teams care about is WINNING. And that's not the way it was ever supposed to be. We cannot be the greatest nation in the world if we continue to act like senseless people. If we refuse to correct the problem with tools given to us by the law of this great land - namely our votes - then we really do deserve what we're getting. It's a sad fact that only 71% of potential voters in this country are even registered to vote*. Of potential voters, voter turnout in this country is typically a sad, sad 37.8% for Congressional elections**, with an increase to approximately 56.8% in the last Presidential election. This in itself is a sad reflection of the average citizen