You're kidding me.

A few days ago, in the context of a different topic, I asked my students how many of them were registered to vote. 35 students, all of them over the age of 18. Not a single hand went up. These same students complain about politics, on both sides of the aisle. And while I didn't lecture them then, I'll say this: It doesn't matter if you're a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or anything in between. It doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman. It doesn't matter what color skin you have. Voting is one of the great privileges of our democracy, giving us the ability to voice our opinions about (among other things) how our country is run. Register to vote. It's one of the freedoms we enjoy.