To: INFO


Subject: Marc Mayrand and why young people don't vote.

Hello, my name is Christopher and I am 32.  I regrettably only had time to scan Mr. Mayrand's editorial piece in Victoria's Times Colonist newspaper today.  I am sure it is an astute analysis from the official standpoint, drawing on a vast amount of useful data.

I wish to provide a layman's opinion on the matter.  Young people don't vote because they see politics as a depressing game where everyone wins except themselves.  Take British Columbia's recent upset election.  I didn't vote because I didn't trust ANY of the candidates/parties further than I could throw them.  I read extensively and agonized over this decision, which was frustrating to take, especially in light of the outcome!!  The problem, in my eyes, is not that insufficient people voted for the NDP.  The problem is that so many people STILL VOTED LIBERAL.

From my standpoint as a print shop worker making about $25,000 yearly, these people who vote for serial liars and criminals (going for the federal Conservatives equally) must be accepting bribes.

Disengagement is the direct result of the corruption and filth evident throughout politics.  Young people are pretty sharp, and they know snakes in suits when they hear them talk!  So they stay out of politics, since it is depressing, and expel the nervous energy of denial into crime, drugs and other forms of social discord.

Thank you for your time.