Why does it matter whose voices are heard?
Imagine a country where the only people entitled to vote were rich, white men. What kinds of leaders would they elect? What kinds of policies would those leaders endorse? Would minorities, women, and people of disadvantage have any representation in such a country, or would their voices be completely ignored... go completely unheard?
For much of our history as a country, America has only allowed a select few to make decision for everybody. People with power voted in ways to maintain that power. They wanted to ensure that the primary beneficiaries of their votes were themselves, leaving others with less power to fend for themselves in a game rigged against them.
It has taken a long time for the U.S. to include most people's voices in the voting process. America is 236 years-old, a young country by most standards, yet for most of its existence huge portions of the population were not allowed to cast ballots. Even today, efforts are taken to disenfranchise people and deny them the right to vote. But in a country as large and diverse as the United States, silencing certain voices does a huge disservice to the progress and interests of the country.
So, why does it matter whose voices are heard? Because it is essential to include as many people’s voices in the voting process as possible since every individual represents a different perspective and has unique interests and needs. The different views and ideas of singular people only help to strengthen the whole of that group.
For much of our history as a country, America has only allowed a select few to make decision for everybody. People with power voted in ways to maintain that power. They wanted to ensure that the primary beneficiaries of their votes were themselves, leaving others with less power to fend for themselves in a game rigged against them.It has taken a long time for the U.S. to include most people's voices in the voting process. America is 236 years-old, a young country by most standards, yet for most of its existence huge portions of the population were not allowed to cast ballots. Even today, efforts are taken to disenfranchise people and deny them the right to vote. But in a country as large and diverse as the United States, silencing certain voices does a huge disservice to the progress and interests of the country.
So, why does it matter whose voices are heard? Because it is essential to include as many people’s voices in the voting process as possible since every individual represents a different perspective and has unique interests and needs. The different views and ideas of singular people only help to strengthen the whole of that group.
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