I made up my mind a good eight years ago which party I wouldn't be voting for come November, but for any 360 fanboys out there who find themselves staring across the sea of delegates at one or both of the national party conventions that are or will be going on soon and are tempted to throw up their hands and work on their gamer score instead of taking part in Super Tuesday, here's a tidbit of information. You can now register to vote on Xbox LIVE. It will only take a few minutes; less time than it takes to download the new Force Unleashed demo. So, if you are not registered to vote, just do it and get it over with. Sorry, no achievement points here...
Political factoids abound in an election year, so I'm gonna lob another on top of the pile. According to Rock the Vote, if Xbox LIVE's 12 million userbase were a state, it would rank as the
nation's seventh-largest, with approximately 20 electoral votes. Of course there is no way that all those 12 million are of voting age. Regardless, Microsoft has been making its presence known at the Democratic National Convention over the last few days and will do the same at the RNC next week. They've surely been talking a lot about how family-friendly the 360 is, but they also want to remind the powers that be in both parties that Xbox LIVE could feasibly deliver several million new voters and that accordingly they should probably pay attention since the races have been close over the last few terms and the current one is shaping up to be no different. So, does this mean that between video montages displaying Obama and McCain's patriotism, family values and rolled up sleeve baby kissing prowess that it will be leaked that one prefers the 360 or PS3, or that the Wii is superior because it is the gaming system of the people? Oh God I hope not, but with millions of potential votes on the line who can say.
Don't forget to register to vote and follow through in November.
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