Essay On African Americans Have The Right To Vote

Since the beginning of history in United States, voting has been something that was not an equal right. White American men were granted the voting right in 1789, when president George Washington won the election. At that time in the U.S, neither woman or African-Americans share the right to vote. Woman’s started claiming their right to vote in 1848, and the movement went on for 70 years. In 1920 they won the battle and got what they fought for a long time, the right to vote. Voting equality was not complete, because African-Americans did not have the right to vote. Finally, in 1965 the 15th amendment was passed. Granting African-Americans the right to vote after a long period of protesting. That’s not it ,18 years old felt like they were old enough to vote. They did all that was necessary, until this right was granted to them in 1972. Our Ancestor fought hard for the voting right that now we have, and many take for granted.
Many people look in their candidate, a person that has their same believes or point of view. Some people vote, because their feel that a certain candidate has more chances of winning than the others. Other bases their votes, about what their candidates have said about public schools, health care and other issues that they consider important. The candidate that we choose, are going to pass laws that can either affect, or benefit us. If a person is not sure about witch candidate to vote for, they can watch the debates. We should also research their true opinion on popular issues. Sometimes social media or people say things about a candidate, that are not true. Also, the media and the news can be biased on a specific subject. In the debates they are ask a series of question about issues that are important to the country, and they answer the questions. It’s important to be sure that the candidates that we are voting for are the right ones, because that either affects or benefits us for the following