Voting In American Voting

Though voting is not a requirement for the American citizen, all citizens should practice this democratic tradition because voting allows the people to have a say in who or what represents them, that every vote counts, and to put it simply, voting is not mandatory but it is a right that many few people in the world have. In light of the recent presidential nominations, some Americans do not want to vote simply because they are not a fan of the candidates - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Most people

How Can Us Americans Get More People to Vote in Elections? American politics is a fairly important thing to the American people, it seems as if it’s not just important to just us but to the people all over the world since most of these countries rely on us. But, Americans are not voting for some reason. On Election Night in 2016, Nearly half of eligible voters in the United States, 231,556,622 people, did not vote in the 2016 presidential election yet many Americans who did not even vote have decided

resulting in arrests or other penalties. You would assume, with this knowledge, that Americans hold the highest voter participation. In a study from the 2012 Presidential Election by ABC, the number of American citizens actively involved in

be earned not given. The leaders of our governments around the world have earned the trust of their countries. proven from gaining their votes during elections. but the trust they have is more than they deserve. Their not so transparent voting system …. their voting system isn’t as fair as people would assume them to be. higher powered businesses have the ability to pay for people to vote for someone in an election. This means People of the public who truly believes a certain candidate could fix their

Voting is a right that all Americans have once hitting the age of 18 regardless of race, gender, or financial status. However, not everyone chooses to exercise these rights or even fully understands how to use them properly. Voting is not as simple as just going to a ballot box and checking the box for the person whom had the most signs and television commercials. Being a voter means that one has an influence over the government and who makes important decisions regarding the nation or state. However

The African American Voting Rights Up until the year 1870 African Americans could not vote in any election in American. (U.S. Voting Rights). In the past America has been making a lot of changes in our voting system’s equality. In the present, legally African Americans have the same rights as a white man does. In the future the rights will not get any better or worse. Throughout history The African American voting rights have improved to the present day and will stay the same in the near future

Before the American Revolution, men and women were held under the British reign of the king. But when they war was over, only white men with land were allowed to vote (Jansson). For years women fought for the right to vote, watching their husbands and sons vote before they were able to vote. African American men and women also faced the challenges of obtaining the right to vote. Their fight for the chance to vote affected so much of our history. Once they obtained the right to vote, shifts occurred

the Treaty of Gaudalupe-Hidalgo ends the Mexican-American War guarantying U.S. citizenship to Mexicans living in the territories conquered by the U.S. This may be touted as a victorious expansion of enfranchisement, however, English language requirements and violent intimidation limited access to voting. (Cox & Miles, 2008) This idea of progress on one end and regression on the other is a common theme with the franchise in America. A victory for voting rights occurs in 1856 when North Carolina is the

Discrimination in voting has been a prevalent issue in the African American community. Before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 poll taxes, literacy tests, and physical intimidation have prevented African Americans from voting. While this problem is widely recognized as an issue of the past it is still made possible through racial gerrymandering. This is an important matter because it has restricted fully entitled American citizens from voting. In 1870 Congress passed the fifteenth amendment, which

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