> It is largely due to Republicans that we don't have such a program. Voting matters. Except I don't get to vote on single issues like this. The US is a repub

> It is largely due to Republicans that we don't have such a program. Voting matters. Except I don't get to vote on single issues like this. The US is a republic and I get to vote for leaders who supposedly represent the voting population to which I belong. Problem is, there is never a viable representative who even somewhat closely matches my views on all issues - especially since the parties have so much influence in elections. So it's not very helpful to just imply that I should simply vote for someone else. Voter education is important for issues like this. If an idea becomes popular among a party's voters, the party will start to support that idea, which in turn influences their candidates.