Blog 1-The importance of the vote

 Hello everyone, in this post I am going to be talking about the importance of voting. 

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For a couple of years in our country, a phenomenon has been happening that the media defines as a “crisis of representativeness”, this has basically to do with the lack of participation of citizens in electoral political processes, and implies a problem that weakens democracy and its legitimacy. This distance with politics is produced mainly by the loss of prestige of its actors and institutions, because year after year, we see a series of political figures pass by, who deceive citizens with false campaign promises that after being elected they never fulfill, something that generates discomfort, lack of credibility and disinterest.

Corruption and lack of commitment have gradually led people to stop going to the polls, and consequently, today we have a government that in my opinion does not represent us and that ignores the real needs of the people.

Although politics is flawed, voting is one of the most concrete ways through which we can express our opinion, and have even a minimal impact on the way in which power is distributed. In this sense, it is important to exercise our right to vote, ensure representativeness, and thus prevent unfortunate events such as those that have occurred in recent times from happening again.