So, Where Do I Sign Up?
Nov 20, 2007
Perhaps you've heard about this survey, in which more than 3,000 NYU undergraduates were polled about their attitudes toward voting, already. It's been getting a lot of media attention, and rightly so. The results are very interesting.
Two-thirds say they'll do it for a year's tuition. And for a few, even an iPod touch will do.
That's what NYU students said they'd take in exchange for their right to vote in the next presidential election, a recent survey by an NYU journalism class found.
Only 20 percent said they'd exchange their vote for an iPod touch. But 66 percent said they'd forfeit their vote for a free ride to NYU. And half said they'd give up the right to vote forever for $1 million.
Um, hello, of course I would give up my right to vote for $1 million. I'd only need about $8 of it to buy a roll of enough "I Voted" stickers to wear and fool everyone on every election day for the rest of my life--and then I could spend the other $999,992 on whatever the hell I wanted. Deal!
Dear God, I wouldn't even need an iPod touch. I'd refrain from voting for a burrito.
Posted by: Tori (aka, what's wrong with America) | Nov 21, 2007 at 12:54 PM