Democrats
Will The Youth Vote Trump Tea Party In Midterm Elections?
Submitted by Southern Shift on Fri, 2010-05-07 10:25 Authored by Bakari Kitwana
One of the most important unasked questions this midterm election year is this: “Will the youth vote be a factor in 2010?” Given the actual impact of the youth vote in 2008, it’s a far more important question than the ones daily raised by the media manufactured so-called Tea Party Movement–despite the latter’s success at striking fear in the hearts of incumbents.
The Tea Party murmuring is hardly a movement. It has not a single political victory to speak of. Not so easy to dismiss are young voters who two years ago turned out in record numbers to vote in the presidential election. Two-thirds of the 23 million voters 18-29 who voted for president in 2008, voted for Barack Obama.
The Right, the Left and the Ugly: Fear and Loathing in White America
Submitted by Southern Shift on Mon, 2010-03-15 02:24 Authored by Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report Original Article
When President George Bush and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi first, unsuccessfully, attempted to ram a Bank Bail Out through the U.S. House in late September 2008, only one-third of Republicans and three-fifths of Democrats voted for the measure. The Congressional Black Caucus was opposed, 21 to 18, with the more progressive CBC members mostly voting No. Former presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich asked, "Is this the U.S. Congress or the board of directors at Goldman Sachs?" Two-thirds of the GOP Caucus bucked their president.
Hezeleo on the prison system and voting for change
Submitted by Southern Shift on Thu, 2009-10-08 15:09Nina James is Gonna Vote This Year! Obama!
Submitted by Southern Shift on Thu, 2009-10-08 15:03Turn Texas Blue! Vote Obama. Nina James explains why she's never voted before and why this year is different.
Gerrymandering, A New Documentary Film
gerrymander: To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.
Gerrymandering is a new documentary film that will examine the conspiracy of partisan redistricting - a legislative technique that allows politicians to manipulate electoral boundaries and influence elections for decades at a time.
