I found this video very interesting. I definitely agree with what Reich is saying about restructuring the districts and how gerrymandering is making them unfair. I don't think it is right to change the districts in order to favor one party over another or make certain voters votes seem insignificant. In my opinion, it seems like which ever political party is deciding to do this is very insecure about their party and doesn't think the people will vote for them. This shows a great concern for the party and maybe a wake up call that some changes are needed.
I did read the comments below this video and some interesting points were brought up. It is stated that voting is a civic duty and in order to register to vote you need to show a proper ID so suppression isn't really happening. There were also a lot of points about illegal immigrants and voting. It was stated in the comments that voting fraud is happening when illegal immigrants are voting. I know this is a controversial topic on whether illegal immigrants should vote and this idea will change depending on the person. I was just wondering what people thought about some of those comments.
The question Rachel raised about illegal immigrants having voting rights is very interesting. I can see that there could be a strong correlation between voting fraud and illegal immigrants. However, I personally think that voting rights should not be given to illegal immigrants in the first place. Simply because voting rights are literally rights given to the "citizens" after performing duties, such as working and paying taxes.
Like Reich said, I think this voting suppression could be simply fixed if all the citizens are automatically registered to vote as they get the driver's license or turn into certain age. In South Korea, we have a photo on our Social Security Card that is issued when you turn into 18. You just bring either Social Security card, passport, or driver's license, and don't need to register for voting. Such complications in the US are very interesting to me, since this whole thing just looks like people in legislation trying to benefit certain party of interest by making voting more difficult to certain group of people.
This video is especially relevant in light of what happened with the Wyoming primary where Bernie beat Hillary by 12%, but Hillary still got more delegates than he did. It is true in both parties that this is an issue, but even more so in the democratic party.
On the topic of illegal immigrants' voting rights, just playing devil's advocate, it is interesting that many people view America as a melting pot of cultures, and should we embrace this idea and invite all people into our country? just something to think about!
The role of super delegates in the democratic party is also worth noting. Should politicians be given an extra vote that is worth more than those of the average American? I personally do not think that the use of super delegates is a democratic process, but it definitely is an interesting concept.
I found this video very interesting. I definitely agree with what Reich is saying about restructuring the districts and how gerrymandering is making them unfair. I don't think it is right to change the districts in order to favor one party over another or make certain voters votes seem insignificant. In my opinion, it seems like which ever political party is deciding to do this is very insecure about their party and doesn't think the people will vote for them. This shows a great concern for the party and maybe a wake up call that some changes are needed.
ReplyDeleteI did read the comments below this video and some interesting points were brought up. It is stated that voting is a civic duty and in order to register to vote you need to show a proper ID so suppression isn't really happening. There were also a lot of points about illegal immigrants and voting. It was stated in the comments that voting fraud is happening when illegal immigrants are voting. I know this is a controversial topic on whether illegal immigrants should vote and this idea will change depending on the person. I was just wondering what people thought about some of those comments.
The question Rachel raised about illegal immigrants having voting rights is very interesting. I can see that there could be a strong correlation between voting fraud and illegal immigrants. However, I personally think that voting rights should not be given to illegal immigrants in the first place. Simply because voting rights are literally rights given to the "citizens" after performing duties, such as working and paying taxes.
ReplyDeleteLike Reich said, I think this voting suppression could be simply fixed if all the citizens are automatically registered to vote as they get the driver's license or turn into certain age.
In South Korea, we have a photo on our Social Security Card that is issued when you turn into 18. You just bring either Social Security card, passport, or driver's license, and don't need to register for voting.
Such complications in the US are very interesting to me, since this whole thing just looks like people in legislation trying to benefit certain party of interest by making voting more difficult to certain group of people.
This video is especially relevant in light of what happened with the Wyoming primary where Bernie beat Hillary by 12%, but Hillary still got more delegates than he did. It is true in both parties that this is an issue, but even more so in the democratic party.
ReplyDeleteOn the topic of illegal immigrants' voting rights, just playing devil's advocate, it is interesting that many people view America as a melting pot of cultures, and should we embrace this idea and invite all people into our country? just something to think about!
The role of super delegates in the democratic party is also worth noting. Should politicians be given an extra vote that is worth more than those of the average American? I personally do not think that the use of super delegates is a democratic process, but it definitely is an interesting concept.
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