People Power

What is people power? What is meant by 'power to the people?" What might useful answers to these question look like.?

A people power revolution I have some memory of is the overthrow of our surrogate leader in the Philippines. In the 1980s there were a series of popular demonstrations in Manila. Our man Marcos was chased from the Islands to our shores. The Phillippinen people were free of that regime, but we added a bit of economic punishment to our ongoing explotation of the Phillippine people.

A result was that a certain few Americans maintained a special advavatage and a few Phillippinos were allowed some advantage. Many Philloppinos were disadvantaged.

What lessons might citizens of the Islands have learned? Do you believe that with a little research and thought there are valuable lessons to be learned here beyond the obvious ones?

Here are a couple of questions to get you started:

~ What advantage do we gain when we vote to 'throw the rascals out?'

~ What were the long range plans of the French people prior to their revolution?

How Can We Vote?

I used to know how to vote, but now I am having some trouble. For example I don't know how to:
~ participate effectively in the nomination process.
~ compare a candidates present words with his past voting and political record.
~ know the nature of his political associates and friends.
~ vote well without being a full time politician.
~ find a group to share in the tasks suggested above.
and like that.

Guess it comes down to getting good information.

How Many of US to Elect A President?

Figuring that there are about 307,000,000 people in the Unite States;  
estimating that 225,000,000 us are over 18;
Understanding that President Barack Obama was elected with 64,000,000 votes;
I calculate that we can elect a president with less than 29% of us of voting age.


Please correct my facts, figuring, and calculations