Voting: A chance to reverse 2016 stumble

As we go into a new year, I surely hope the country has learned the importance of the responsibility of voting. Our society gives an inordinate amount of influence to non-voters.

We have a president who was elected with a 3 million vote deficit in an election that nearly 40 percent of the country didn’t cast a vote in.

Fortunately, statistics show that many people responsible for electing Donald Trump realize the mistake they’ve made. However, there are still many Trump excusers out there despite a mountain of evidence of his unfitness for office.

Choosing not to vote gives these excusers their power. We have a chance with this year's midterm elections to make sure 2016 goes down in history as a stumble and not an outright falling on our face.

Alabama recently showed that Americans have the ability to do this. We just need to encourage everyone to exercise it.

This story was originally published January 31, 2018 at 4:33 PM with the headline "Voting: A chance to reverse 2016 stumble."