Compare between the two books Unequal democracy written by Larry M. Bartels and Uneasy Alliances written by Paul Frymer, Bartels said that poor people are treated unequal in politic representative and Frymer said that African American are treated unequal. African Americans can somehow be the “poor” in Bartels’s book, which the “poor” means “white poor” They are kind of similar in the political level. They are all be treated unequally and be excluded in the election because the financial situation, politic participate. However, there are also some part that different between them that appeal African Americans’ vote will decrease the vote from other group will poor will not.
In Bartels’s Unequal democracy, Bartels uses a vast swath of data …show more content…
He first states that African American’s interest are opposite of white swing voter, in order to win the election, party leaders always ignore African Americans. Fryer also talk historically about African American interest was captured. In the late 1850s, Republican enacted a number of civil rights legislation and give blacks the vote right. African Americans then joined Republican, but after the Civil War, white in the South began to violence against black, blacks became captured and silent group in Republican. Then between 1965 and 1996, the democratic leaders try to absorb blacks but they finally give up. African Americans captured in Democratic. Frymer finally compares African Americans with recent minorities like gays and lesbians, but he believes that only African Americans can be described as …show more content…
Appeals to black voters will decrease parties total vote while poor does not. Due to the electoral college institution, the political party who win the more votes will take all in the state. That means party leaders only need half votes to win all the states vote. From Framers p48, White swing voters are critical to a winning strategy and these voters are believed to be hostile to black interests. Appeals to black voters will undermine both their own preexisting coalition and their appeals to white swing voter. So what will the party leader do is to refrain from appeals to black voters. As long as the median voter in the United States maintains ambivalent-to-conservative views toward African American political interest, the two-party system will fail to represent all interest democratically.
What can we do to decrease the unequal political representation? First, participate in the election. With higher participate rate, let their vote not insignificant to the parties them do not ignore them. Second ---education, to increase public political knowledge. With more knowledges about the politics and their system will help the minority group find the right way to show their unequal situation to the public and makes government realize and pay more attention to them, and finally find a possible way to solve
In Bartels’s Unequal democracy, Bartels uses a vast swath of data …show more content…
He first states that African American’s interest are opposite of white swing voter, in order to win the election, party leaders always ignore African Americans. Fryer also talk historically about African American interest was captured. In the late 1850s, Republican enacted a number of civil rights legislation and give blacks the vote right. African Americans then joined Republican, but after the Civil War, white in the South began to violence against black, blacks became captured and silent group in Republican. Then between 1965 and 1996, the democratic leaders try to absorb blacks but they finally give up. African Americans captured in Democratic. Frymer finally compares African Americans with recent minorities like gays and lesbians, but he believes that only African Americans can be described as …show more content…
Appeals to black voters will decrease parties total vote while poor does not. Due to the electoral college institution, the political party who win the more votes will take all in the state. That means party leaders only need half votes to win all the states vote. From Framers p48, White swing voters are critical to a winning strategy and these voters are believed to be hostile to black interests. Appeals to black voters will undermine both their own preexisting coalition and their appeals to white swing voter. So what will the party leader do is to refrain from appeals to black voters. As long as the median voter in the United States maintains ambivalent-to-conservative views toward African American political interest, the two-party system will fail to represent all interest democratically.
What can we do to decrease the unequal political representation? First, participate in the election. With higher participate rate, let their vote not insignificant to the parties them do not ignore them. Second ---education, to increase public political knowledge. With more knowledges about the politics and their system will help the minority group find the right way to show their unequal situation to the public and makes government realize and pay more attention to them, and finally find a possible way to solve