African Americans Allowed To Vote

Being able to cast my first vote in the 21st century is a privilege. My generation needs to accept their patriotic responsibility and vote because many reforms are needed in order to carry us into the new millennium. Voting reforms are necessary to inspire political participation for other modifications and adjustments needed in areas such as health care, education, and Social Security, all which we as young people will face in the future. Participation in elections is necessary to facilitate and enable progress, but our present day system of voting is expiring by frustrated Americans.

Even though only white male land owners were the only people allowed to vote prior to the presidential campaign of 1828, the norm was that only rich educated and the elite would actually even attempt to run for president of the United States. Both the voters and the people who ran for government had begun to change and these changes began changes that would continue to this day in the voting process in the United States.

In Anny Shin’s article , “ Takoma Park 16-year-old savors his history making moment at the polls” she explains to us how this 16 year old boy enjoyed being able to do something a lot of young people can't and that is to vote. Takoma City is making a huge step by being the first place a person younger than 18 could vote. As evidence from ,“ Takoma Park 16-year-old savors his history making moment at the polls” , by Anny Shin when she writes, “Ben Miller plans to step into the booth and become at the Takoma Park Community Center and do something that the country’s other 16 year olds can’t: cast a vote in an election”.This is a good idea, because the U.S has low voter turnout rates and if we can lower the age of voters, then we might just see

As an African-American, our population has suffered from unequal opportunities for centuries. Even in today’s society, we are still faced with adversities that have to arise against our population. Madison, I feel that you discussed your discussion post capture that pivot point. Before the voting rights act of African American weren’t allowed to vote because they were seen as property, not as humans. Although the 15th amendment passed in 1869 African Americans still had to fight for their rights to vote. For that, I am glad that they did because they made it possible for me to vote today.

Annys Shins in the article “Takoma Park 16-year-old savors his history making moment at the polls” talks about a valuable privilege that was given to 350 teenagers between the ages of 16-17 of Takoma city the privilege cast their vote in the cities first effort to have teens become more politically involved.Takoma city is the first city in the nation to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 and they are excited to see the turn out. Ben Miller is one of the 350 teenagers who was giving the opportunity to vote and he states, “ He is excited of the opportunity. The turnout is so low, even a small amount can make a difference.” Although not everyone on Takoma city’s council supported the change many teens in Takoma are excited to be the first

Furthermore, Lewis identifies the problem that the voting section of the bill affects thousands of African Americans who are eligible to vote. He focuses mainly on the South Side, where many African Americans are not able to vote. He mentions the “African cry,” which establishes the need of rights the African Americans deserve. For this reason, Lewis begins by showing his feelings towards the topic of voting rights for African Americans when he writes, “One man, one vote is the African cry.” (Paragraph 3) In other words, African Americans right to vote was requested in a direct and indirect form. He begins with saying “thousands of black people” to briefly saying the people in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. Moreover the author includes

When Washington was delivering the Atlanta Exposition he claimed that “according of the full exercise of political rights is going to be a matter of natural, slow growth, not an over-night [Sic] gourd-vine affair”. However, Du Bois believed that it was necessary to agitate and upset to gain voting rights for African Americans, essentially believing that their freedom and their right to vote had to be explosive and upset the social order. Through political power, Du Bois felt that economic security and material gains could be achieved. But Washington opposed the direct militancy of Du Bois. Washington made the point that the militancy would only serve to upset the whites in the south, which in turn would limit African American voting rights. Much of their differences in suffrage can be understood through their respective backgrounds. Washington was a former slave, so his experiences later affected how he viewed voting. His subservience to his ‘masters’ as to not upset or cause unnecessary violence is apparent in his pragmatic and slow evolving voting ideals. While Du Bois grew up in a white European neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, relatively secluded from the Jim Crow Laws of the South. Du Bois’ self proclaimed elitist attitude, reveals the most important difference and reasoning between him and Washington on the matter of the need for African American suffrage. Du Bois, from experience, knew that suffrage in the north was a far more attainable goal after the Civil

In her article, “Takoma Park 16-year-old savors his history making moment at the poll,” Annys Shin explains into debt of the issue of whether or not 16 and 17-year old citizens should be allowed to vote. I believe that 16 and 17-year olds should be allowed to vote because they are affected by many of the political issues that are being debated on today.

People in this state can entry to vote by filling and complying a voter purpose. You can do your application to vote through internet or in person and in 15 days you’ll probably receive the validation. You can’t vote in more than one place. I think peoples ages 18 - 24 are least likely to vote because youth residents are lazy although in these days kids are better educated and we volunteer than our past generations. A good explication maybe that kids don’t feel integrated in the humankind. Being an adult gives you the concept in how educational institutions are and how works health services, how many bills you have to pay with the properties you own. The sad interpretation to this is puberty doesn’t see the need to poll for anyone. Other important matter to choice is your voice. Your yes or no are your words. The language is a form to speak your mind and let your sound be heard. The power are in the numbers, so one

Voting has been a popular topic on my social media, specifically for young adult’s ages between 18 and 21. The discussions are mainly about whether or not voting is really something they should do. I’ve seen a few people comment saying that now that they are of age, they will vote. Sadly, most of the people like to just think about it as something “dumb”, “unnecessary”, and “waste of time”. I highly disagree. I like to think of it as people who just speak without thinking. The majority of those young adults like to share posts about politics and they always seem to state their opinion about how they do not like what a certain candidate running for office has said, or that they are not ok with what that candidate will do if they become president. I have also seen posts about how they think that them not voting won’t make a difference in voting percentage, but little do they know, they’re not the only ones with that

People at 16 have difficulty with understanding complex long-term consequences over short term and so they should not be allowed to vote. 16-year old are too immature to think about the consequences of their votes. They might be allowed to work, drive and make decisions about their future like if they want to go to university, but they are prone to undue influence from their parents, teachers and friends. People at 16 have not fully formed their ideas about their political ideology. Letting 16-year-olds vote would make them susceptible to pressure from their parents to vote a certain way and this would give extra votes to people jeopardizing the country’s democracy. People at 16 are thirsting for confirmation and they like to get rewarded for the accomplishments; parents would be inclined to buy gifts for their children if they vote a certain way and politics would become an even dirtier game. Not only are 16-year olds not mature and informed enough to vote, they also have

On the other hand, others argue that 16-year-old shouldn’t be allowed to vote because they’re too young, don’t have taxes, and they won’t benefit the voter turnout. Many people find young teenagers very immature and rebellious. Crowley and Denver in their study, “Votes at 16? The case against” note, “as Peter the Hermit said in the 11th century: ‘The young people have no reverence for their parents; they are impatient of all restraint; they talk as if they alone know everything and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness for them,’”(57). This source implies that teenagers only care about themselves and are very disrespectful to their elders, so how are they mature enough to vote? Another argument is that if teenagers pay taxes, then they

People over 18 have the right to vote, but not many do. The statistics shown in the article Young Adult Voting: An Analysis of Presidential Elections shows that only 38% of 18-24 year olds vote, that is the lowest out of all the ages. I believe that people over the age of 18 should vote, because without their opinion, are we really choosing the right person to take care of our nation´s business? Young-adult under voting gets larger every year. We have the right to elect our representatives, yet we do not. All American citizens should elect the representative they want, to be the lead of the executive branch. Not many nations get to vote for their representatives, yet we have all these rights that seem to be taken for granted. Many young-adults

Some think millennials shouldn't vote, to begin with, or should sit out elections if they are not formally educated. The problem with this is that millennials are the largest generation so to say their vote does not matter is saying that seventy-five point four million people don't have a say in what goes on in our government. Arguing that they shouldn't vote altogether is another issue because they would be voting for a candidate without the largest populations input and what laws are made today are going to affect millennials in the long run especially when it comes to jobs and education. It is about hearing the voices of the rising generation not shutting them down. They are have reached or are reaching the legal voting age and a majority of them are educated on the world around them. This world is about to be run and operated by millennials and American elders need to adjust to the scary truth that Americas 90's babies are growing up and want their opinions voiced instead of

Voting ages should not be lowered to anybody under the age of 18 for many reasons. one because kids are immature . Second they're gullible . Third but not least because kids now a days will vote for anybody who does what they do.