Voting???

I personally view voting as a crucial right and probably one of our most important ones.

That being said, my choosing to vote in this midterm election isn't really going to be based on support for any particular candidates. The representative for my district (Virginia's 4th) is currently Randy Forbes, who is supposed to have like 94% of the vote in my district. His opponent is pretty much a nobody and there isn't really any chance of him getting elected because most people don't know he exists. Then for senate I am planning on voting for Jim Webb (as opposed to that Bush brown-noser Allen), but without getting Election Day off from classes and the hassle of going back to my home district after class to vote, only to come right back to campus that same night or early in the morning almost made me reconsider even voting.

Really, the main reason I'm voting is because they're putting a bs amendment on the ballots this November that'll really screw things up for unmarried couples. (If you want to read more about it, you can check out my blog post, "Talk About Your Fine Print...") Because that referendum is misleading and most people aren't reading it through, I'm putting the hassles aside, advocating that people read the whole thing before they vote, and getting out to the polls to make my voice heard.

We had this same discussion in my political science class a few weeks ago. We found that most people were just not inspired to vote because they felt their vote had little to no impact, whereas people that voted mostly did it because it was their civic duty. That because of this and the fact that most issues were geared towards older people, most younger generations did not vote. That's why older people make up a larger percentage of voters.
In response to your question, yes, I intend to vote. I have run for election in my town and have only not voted in the 2 years I have been able once. It was for a primary election and I was in the hospital. I take voting very seriously. It's part of our civic duty, but not only that I want to take part and have my voice heard. Yes it's true maybe my vote alone doesn't count for that much, but if everyone had that opinion where would our country be? If we all shared that view we might as well get rid of the whole election system because it would be null and void. People care enough to get up and vote though, yes the percentages are far lower than what they should be, but this is not just a voting issues. I think some of the blame falls on the candidates who until recently have not really tried to inspire the vote of the younger generations. They press the issues of older generations and rarely look at things such as the price of college. With the issues being directed in favor of the older generations, it's easy to see why a college student amidst their busy schedules would feel their vote just doesn't count for much. That's why candidates need to educate people and show them that every vote counts because every person matters.