I Want To Vote When You Vote

Even after the passing of the Fifteenth Amendment, African Americans were “disenfranchised in the South by intimidation and electoral trickery, including whites-only primaries, rigged literacy tests, and poll taxes” (Patterson 2011, p. 180). The Freedom Riders rode through the South, enduring harassment and imprisonment to encourage other African Americans to vote. Voter turnout in African American communities is greatly encouraged. Personally, coming from an African American family, I was strongly encouraged by my parents and grandparents to vote when I was of legal age. My family instilled the importance of voting in me at a very young age. Although voter turnout among African Americans is still fairly low, in the 2008 presidential election African Americans had the second highest voter turnout, behind non-Hispanic Caucasians (African Americans, n.d.). Race can influence voter turnout because with African Americans specifically, although rates are getting better, they are still not high.

If anything The Bullet or the Ballot made me want to vote even more so then I wanted to before I have a new outlook on how it is important for African Americans to vote. The project has prepared me for the upcoming election because it has taught me not to follow the crowd and to follow who is the best candidate for me, there are issues that are very important to me that I would like to see changed as soon as possible. The issues of healthcare is the most important issue to American across the world it something that they would like to see changed and be more affordable for Americans.

He pushes hard for African Americans to take advantage of their right to vote by putting more positive minded people in these government positions. Malcolm X mentioned that the African American communities has been fooled to believe that white Democrats are trying to support blacks. Whether it is a democrat or a Republican, Malcolm stressed the importance of African Americans doing their research before putting these politicians in office. He wanted politicians who were not racist or segregationists to be put in these positions so that they can help African Americans fight against racial inequality. Malcolm X explains his argument by saying, “The political philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his community. The time when white people can come in our community and get us to vote for them so that they can be our political leaders and tell us what to do and what not to do is long gone.” This is still an issue that we see today. In this past election, African Americans did not go out and vote to keep Trump out of office but when Obama ran for president his voting percentage was primarily African Americans. Malcolm X proposed that if African Americans voted as a unified group, they would have more power to determine who will get

The election of 1860 and 2016 divided our country. There are some similarities and differences, but both elections had the same effect. Each point in time had problems, and each candidate had a different point of view on how to solve these problems. The people who are voting for our future president need to have some background information, so that’s what I’m going to give to you. Hopefully after reading this, you will be sure the person you’re voting for is right for the country.

Moving forward, I feel that the most important thing that our country needs to do now about race is to come together as a unit, especially in the wake of the recent most presidential elections. Now President Donald Trump evoked a lot of emotion from multiple ethnic groups and I believe America is becoming more and more divided. It is important for individuals of all nationalities in the United States to come together to show the world that no matter our skin tone we are all human, in an attempt to heal the wounds brought upon by the election and events surrounding it.

The African-American community is comprised of 34 million people, and makes up approximately 12.8 percent of the American population (Barker, Jones, Tate 1999: 3). As such, it is the largest minority group in the United States. Yet, politically, the black community has never been able to sufficiently capitalize on that status in order to receive the full benefits of life in America. Today, African-Americans, hold less than 2 percent of the total number of elected positions in this country (Tate, 1994: 3) and the number of members within the community that actually partake in voting continues to drop. In spite of these statistics, as of 1984, a telephone survey found that 70

I believe that before the presidential election of 2008 the group of people who would most likely vote is people ranging from 30 to 65 years old. The reason is people usually around 30 to 65 years old are in a stage of their life where they’ve established their homes, probably have a stable job, and settled in their communities. So, those who usually come from a stable community roots are more likely to have reason and greater resources to becoming involved in politics and to vote. However, over the recent years younger generations are starting to vote because of mobilization through social media. This new technology allows candidates to really engage the younger people by websites like Facebook which will help them become informed on polls,

Author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and an associate professor here at Ohio State, wrote an article “Why Hilary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote.” This article not only touches on how Hilary Clinton is only using black people as her “winning card (Alexander, 2)” in the 2016 Election, but also her past decisions she made as the wife of the 42nd President of the United States that should be taken into consideration by black voters. Mrs. Clinton and Bernie Sanders are the two Democratic Party presidential candidates. Although Bernie Sanders promises “a political revolution that will bring universal healthcare, a living wage, an end to rampant Wall Street greed, and the dismantling of the vast prison state...(Alexander, 5),” Hilary Clinton seems to be receiving all of the black votes, according to recent polls. Alexander explains that because many African Americans believed (and still believe) that Bill Clinton was the first “black president,” Ms. Clinton will receive several black votes.

The percentage of African-Americans and Hispanics who voted in 2008 for the Democratic party was significantly higher than in the 2000 or 2004 election. This graph depicts how the percentage of African-Americans who voted in 2008 (Barak Obama) increased from 88% in 2004 to 95% in 2008. The percentage of Hispanics who voted for the Democratic party from 2004 to 2008 also jumped 14%. A reason for this increase in voter turnout is because Hispanic and African-American voters felt that Barak Obama, the Democratic Presidential candidate, was more capable of solving the problems these minorities felt than a Republican candidate would be.

My fellow peers, as you all know the presidential election of 2016 is finally upon us. No matter whom you are going to vote for, please hear me out of what I have to say. Why vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton and not Gary Johnson? Please, friends, hear me out.

When deciding on who will fully represent the people’s ideologies in government on the local, state, and national level, there are many factors that are taken into consideration. With the movement of minorities (Black Americans in 1960s) and women (in the 1980s) towards the Democratic Party in favor of its liberal ideologies, there has been more movement of white men towards the Republican Party in favor of its conservative ideas (racial, religion, and gender roles.) These conservative beliefs have divide Democrats from Republicans at both the elite and mass levels throughout time, especially today in 2016. The slogan “Make America Great Again” has many underlying ideologies that promote racism and misogyny. First, by looking at attitudes

Every vote counts! Growing up, this very saying is drilled into almost every American kids skull. Malcolm X was one of the most influential civil rights activist during the 20th century. On April 3rd, 1964 X broadcasted one of his most influential speeches “The Ballot or The Bullet”, which had roughly over two thousand people that tuned in to listen to his speech. Blacks didn’t have a lot of say in who to vote for and had little to no rights and were treated like second class citizens. X wanted blacks in America to exercise their constitutional rights and vote, and to ultimately know their worth.

The article provides an argument of racism, reform, and the 2016 United States Presidential Election. Subjects reviewed consist of civil rights movement, worry related to the expansion of racism in the United States, the Black Lives Matter movement, strategies of freedom, and opposition between the election and violent rebellion (Powell, 2016). In 1964, Malcolm X proclaimed it was the year of the ballot or the bullet. Through the passion that expressed him as a man and his narrative, he debated that if something was not put into action soon, that society would have to concur that people would either use force to get their voices heard or execute their rights as Americans to vote in the upcoming election. There were no in between options, it

Why vote? This is a major question among many young Americans today. America's youth, does not take the time to read articles, observe the news, or pay attention to presidential debates and campaigns due to their busy schedules. This creates two problems. First, young voters have little knowledge of current issues in the election. Also as a result, they are unaware of the importance of voting. Each presidential election stirs up an old controversy of whether to vote or not to vote. There are many young people who think that voting is not important; I believe that it is. By voting you are exercising your right as an American to voice your opinion, and young Americans need to become aware of this.

Being an informed voter, I would like to talk about the issues facing our nation as well as offer a comparison of the current candidates for President, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. I will also outline the issues facing the United States which I find important and give a brief comparison between the candidates and who I agree with.