Conversation Questions – Voting and Elections
The elections are coming up! Are you going to vote? Who are you going to vote for?
Sorry. Scratch that last question. How rude, right? If someone wants us to know their political opinions, you can be sure that they’ll let us know.
Here are some safe, polite questions that you can ask without causing discomfort. If your speaking partner is unable to vote, ask the questions hypothetically. See #1 for an example.
1.) Read the questions out loud.
2.) Take turns selecting any question to ask each other.
Ten good questions to ask about voting and elections
1.) Do you vote in elections? (Would you vote, if you could?)
2.) Does your vote count?
3.) How do you decide who to vote for?
4.) What issues are most important to you?
5.) If you ran for president, what would your platform be?
6.) Have you ever regretted voting for a candidate?
7.) Do you think people base their votes more on logic and self interest, or on ideology and emotion?
8.) Who has the right to vote? Who doesn’t? Do you consider this fair?
9.) Political parties are allowed to take donations. How much money should politicians be allowed to accept, before we consider it buying influence and corruption?
10.) Can you think of a better way to organize elections and voting?
