First TIme Voter

NappyBison · #1 02-06-2008, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

You first time voters on here better have age or citizenship reasons for being so.

Yesterday this woman called in to Michael Baisden's show saying she was 40-something and had never voted. There are various reasons why older people don't vote but it's interesting either way.

Congrats, NappyBison, and it's great that you're taking this seriously and researching EACH candidate on EACH side. You make your own informed decision and don't let ANYONE tell you how you should vote and don't feel confined to family traditions, bipartisan expectations, your friends' choices, racialized or gendered expectations, etc.. While it's a huge responsibility and has a great social impact, the decision is completely up to you and you don't have to even tell anyone who you are voting/voted for, let alone explain why you chose a particular candidate. As long as YOU know why you chose a particular candidate and feel it was based on something substantive.

I love your siggy lol That commercial cracks me up everytime I see it.

LegallyBrunette · #2 02-07-2008, 12:59 PM

NB, I'm not a first time voter but I wanted to chime in and say I find it very impressive and refreshing how seriously you are taking this. The first election I was old enough to vote in was the 2000 Presidentials and I remember my roommate telling me she was voting for Bush because she saw him on some talk show and thought he was "funny."

AKA2D '91 · #3 02-07-2008, 01:03 PM

I saw on a news show where one lady was 89. This was going to be her first time voting in an election.

DSTCHAOS · #4 02-07-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

I saw on a news show where one lady was 89. This was going to be her first time voting in an election.

God bless her.

That makes me think of the time when blacks who could not read, or had not learned that they now have suffrage, were first time voters at old ages.

AKA2D '91 · #5 02-07-2008, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

God bless her.

That makes me think of the time when blacks who could not read, or had not learned that they now have suffrage, were first time voters at old ages.

She wasn't black. I found that interesting. (ETA)

DSTCHAOS · #6 02-07-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

She wasn't black. I found that interesting. (ETA)

I imagined she was and it conjured up that image for me.

I also know that there are tons of people of every race who have never (and will never) vote. It's very interesting and there are efforts to reach those individuals, especially those of certain demographic groupings.