The Importance of Voting
People say we have the right to make our own life decisions, but do we really? As an adult we have a right to vote on what our government does and who is apart of it. However not everyone votes. Our nation has fought long and hard for voting to become equal to all races and sex. People may ask why is voting important? Voting is important because our country has finally let every citizen vote and make a life decision and we don’t take advantage of it. The Voting Rights act was passed in 1965 and aimed to equal voting rights at the states and local levels of government. “The state and local government prevented African Americans and women from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.” (Voting Rights) Although our country is governed by the people not all citizens had a say in the government. The citizens that were not aloud to vote had to depend on other citizens to make the right choices for the governed. “During the 1950’s and 1960’s voting right activists in the south were subjected to various forms of mistreatment and violence.” (Voting Rights) Even though amendments were passed to let groups who could not vote finally vote the members could still not vote because of the violence and the mistreatment they had received. These citizens fought back for a long …show more content…
“72.8% of the votes casted come from women.” (Voting Statistics) Today women have more say in the United States Government then the men do. Which proves that the fight that women did to gain the right to vote really paid off. “69.7% of the votes casted come from African American race. African Americans have come very far in having a say in the government. Today we even have a African American president which is a huge change in our government. This is a major increase from the early 1950’s when both of these groups of people had no one voting in any type of
People say we have the right to make our own life decisions, but do we really? As an adult we have a right to vote on what our government does and who is apart of it. However not everyone votes. Our nation has fought long and hard for voting to become equal to all races and sex. People may ask why is voting important? Voting is important because our country has finally let every citizen vote and make a life decision and we don’t take advantage of it. The Voting Rights act was passed in 1965 and aimed to equal voting rights at the states and local levels of government. “The state and local government prevented African Americans and women from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.” (Voting Rights) Although our country is governed by the people not all citizens had a say in the government. The citizens that were not aloud to vote had to depend on other citizens to make the right choices for the governed. “During the 1950’s and 1960’s voting right activists in the south were subjected to various forms of mistreatment and violence.” (Voting Rights) Even though amendments were passed to let groups who could not vote finally vote the members could still not vote because of the violence and the mistreatment they had received. These citizens fought back for a long …show more content…
“72.8% of the votes casted come from women.” (Voting Statistics) Today women have more say in the United States Government then the men do. Which proves that the fight that women did to gain the right to vote really paid off. “69.7% of the votes casted come from African American race. African Americans have come very far in having a say in the government. Today we even have a African American president which is a huge change in our government. This is a major increase from the early 1950’s when both of these groups of people had no one voting in any type of