Lab #10

Happily, we found that only 3 of the 14 people that we asked were willing to sell their right to vote.  5 of the people that we asked were not willing to have their photos taken, but they all responded to our inquiry with a resounding, "I wouldn't sell it for anything!"  Though we expected the younger teenagers who had perhaps just started voting to be willing to sell their votes, we were surprised at the two older adults who said they would sell their votes as well.  I think they figured that if they had enough money, they would be able to control the government anyway, so it would be a win -win situation.  We came to the conclusion that perhaps more of these people would be willing to give up their vote in a time of less patriotism and extreme nationalism.  Being so soon after the inauguration of the very well-liked and historically important President Barack Obama, a lot of people are very happy with our country and very proud of their rights and therefore would do nothing to divide themselves from their country.  We would be interested to see what the results of this experiment were in a time of less patriotism, but perhaps this trend will keep on and our country will return to a state of political activism and interest.  Perhaps this change for the better will stick around and restore our declining social capital and bring us all together.