Voting

Fashion fads come and go with every season, every year and decade, influenced basically by what other people are doing. And this kind of thing happens in just about every other facet of life.

Example: For 2 weeks out of every four years, suddenly everyone becomes an expert on the events a gymnast competes in, or the intracacies of a flip turn because they watch the Olympics on TV. Then 2 months after, minus a Rockband commercial, it's mostly an afterthought.

Voting kind of parallels this to me. For about 2 months out of every 4 years, people suddenly start becoming outspoken so-called experts on propositions and bills based on the fact that they've read one strongly biased pamphlet on it. Obviously this doesn't apply to a good amount of people; not everyone bleached their hair and wore baggy jeans. Ultimately, it's even for the greater good because voter apathy is still a huge problem, and there are always important issues at hand. But it's just kind of funny to see how quickly this involvement will fade after the elections.