We have lost the ability to sort through disinformation and determine what is true. We have allowed a drum beat of lies to make us an angry people and lose our optimism. And now, we are teetering on a tight rope between maintaining freedoms versus reaching for the illusionary protections of an authoritarian rule.… Read the rest
Tag: voting rights
From Very Undemocratic Beginnings- The US’s long road to allowing people to vote
Our Little Known Voting Rights History
I was taught in elementary school that we fought the British to become an independent, democratic country. We rejected monarchy and in its place had the people vote for their leaders. As with many things I was taught in social studies, it is sort of true, but not really. … Read the rest
2020 Elections: The Three States that Matter
Where to get 38 electoral votes?
Trump beat Clinton 306 to 232 or by 74 electoral votes. The Democrats need to flip 38 votes in 2020 to win. The most promising strategy for obtaining the needed votes resides with three battleground states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. … Read the rest
Not So Representative Democracy
If you live in California, your vote in the Senate is worth about 1.5 percent of the vote of someone who lives in Wyoming.
California’s population at 39,536,653 is 68 time greater than Wyoming’s at 579,315. Is this extraordinary difference in voting power what our founding father’s intended? … Read the rest