Why voter turnout matters to your nonprofit

Seth Godin wrote a concise and powerful post on the importance of voting – not just for the general well-being of our democracy, but moreover, what it means to the nonprofit realm when people don’t vote.

If we reason that we won’t vote because neither of the candidates are good enough, nothing changes.

This same line of thinking could be applied to nonprofits: none of them are flawless enough so I’m not donating or volunteering. Where would we be if that’s the way we went about our every choice and every change?

I posted more snippets from Seth’s blog below, but be sure to read the full post »

“The easiest way to win an election is to get the people who might vote for your opponent to not vote.”

“The thing is, there has never been a perfect leader. There has never been a flawless president. There are always weaknesses, foibles and scandals.”

“Same thing for the charities we donate to (or don’t), the heroes and mentors we revere, the organizations we’re proud to be a part of.”

“Vote as if you’re responsible, because you are, especially if you don’t vote.”