Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

Voting is your civic duty. This is a pretty common statement, but we must realize that all decisions made by the President of the United States affects you in some way.

If you ever think that just one vote in a sea of millions cannot make a difference, consider some of the closest elections in U. S. history.

In 2000, Al Gore narrowly lost the Electoral College vote to George W. Bush. The election came down to a recount in Florida, where Bush had won the popular vote by such a small margin that it triggered an automatic recount and a Supreme Court case ( Bush v. Gore). In the end, Bush won Flor...