Don T Vote In Texas

Over many years the United States government wasn’t very successful until the year 1789 when the founding fathers created the constitution which was the stepping stone to create the government we have now. This government is known as a democracy. A democracy, according to Webster dictionary, is a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting. Voting is what makes a democracy different from the other forms of government. Unlike other countries United States citizens have the right to speak and vote for what they believe in. People fought and died to give us the rights that they weren’t able to have, yet in today society many people don’t vote. Unfortunately Texas is the lowest of all the states that there citizens do not vote.
Many political scientists are confused why citizens don’t vote in Texas. After all registering to vote is very simple. Not to mention everybody can vote now if they are older than 18.You would expect after lowering the age of voting more people would vote, but so far we have less people voting in Texas. According to studies what may cause less people to vote is because uneducated, lower class, and the …show more content…
For example, for a minority who works two jobs to support his family is going to have to miss work which means less money for that week. So for that week they are going to have to sacrifice something. After missing a day of work they go to the voting place and if there ID does not look exactly like the information in there voter id they get sent home. When a citizen finally misses their job and made it through the line voting for their candidate is a struggle too. Voters don’t just vote for one thing they end up having to vote for many different offices which aren’t organized well on the ballot. If Texas would make it easier to vote or make it available online more people would