The Significance of One VoteGo to theBigL.org and take the “Voting Survey”

Target: I can explain the importance of voting.

Which of the following would you rather attend?

1) Cavs/Indians/Browns playoff game2) The school band concert3) A Broadway play

Cast your vote on thebigL.org

Collect the Votes

Oops, only 5 made it out to the polls

Collect the Votes

Oops, only 5 made it out to the pollsWhat would have been the outcome if all had made it out to the polls?

Collect the Votes

Oops, only 5 made it out to the pollsWhat would have been the outcome if all had made it out to the polls?

Did the small group really express the majority’s wants?

One Vote (sometimes a few more)

Two votes made Texas part of the US (1845)

Senate (27-25) to annex Texas

One Vote

One vote saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment (1868)

While the vote was 36-18 to remove him from office, if the vote would have been 37-17, then he would have been removed

One Vote

One vote saved some drastic changes to the Selective Service System only 12 weeks before Pearl Harbor (1941)

One Vote

One vote admitted California (1850), Idaho (1890), Washington (1889), and Oregon (1859) to the union.

One Vote

One electoral vote elected Rutherford B. Hayes to the Presidency, and the man in the electoral college who cast that vote was an Indiana congressman elected by one vote.

One Vote

One vote (in House of Reps) kept Aaron Burr, later charged with treason, from becoming president. That one vote elected Jefferson (1800)

One Vote

Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1916 by carrying one state by less that one percent of the vote.JFK won the state of Illinois by less than 9000 votes in the 1960 election.GW Bush won the 2000 election thanks to winning Florida by 537 votes

One Vote

Marcus “Landslide” Morton was twice elected as Massachusetts governor by one single vote with over 100,000 votes cast in each election. (1839 and 1842)

Words to chew on…

The 18th century British statesman and political thinker Edmund Burke said,

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men

to do nothing”.

Voter Apathy

Who cares?

Christians and VotingLess than 50% of registered Christian voters will vote in a given electionHow can we as Christian citizens expect God to restore righteous leadership through us as his instrument unless we are willing to get involved?

Duties of Christian Citizens1. Pray2. Register to vote3. Become informed4. Help elect Godly people as public servants5. Vote

“The duty is ours, the results are God’s” (John Quincy Adams)

God’s Word“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Ps 33:12a)

We have to exercise our right to vote, to put Godly leaders in place

“When the righteous are in authority the people rejoice, but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” (Prov. 29:2)

You can’t complain, if you don’t vote

God’s Word

“If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven; and I will forgive their sin; and I will heal their land.” (II Chronicles 7:14)

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