Voting

As I was returning to the office with my McDonald's #11 value meal, NPR was talking about this season's contests in your precious, little democracy. All I managed to gather was that some politicians are running for Governor or something, all of us should care about it, and all of us should get out and vote to stop it. Politics on my car stereo hits me in exactly the same way as turpentine in my morning glass of V8 juice, so I desperately tried to get the CD changer to play some Eminem. I was thinking any track of 'The Marshall Mathers LP' would be a good fit for my developing rage. But the player was jammed up and wouldn't go.

A few minutes went by and they continued to talk about politics. Naturally, I started to wish for death. Then I wondered: what are the voter turnout statistics among those with terminal illnesses? Do the political parties have any outreach programs to overcome the (understandable) apathy among this demographic? The group could be this year's swing vote. Just like a few years ago when the Christians were all obsessed with gay marriage.

So, I dropped on by the DNC and RNC to pose the question. I doubt that I'll get a reply but you'll be the fist to know.