I n the United States, there are millions of people who don't vote in local or national elections. Many people aren't aware of how the voting process works. The problem is prevalent. What is the significance of voting? I can't change anything, so why vote? Our vote decides who makes the laws that affect our lives and the lives of future generations. The representatives that we vote for work to get issues like transportation, better roads, high minimum wage, housing, etc. Who can vote, how to vote, where and when to vote. I'm going to explain everything in detail.
In the United States, there are millions of people who don't vote in local or national elections. Many people aren't aware of how the voting process works. The problem is prevalent. What is the significance of voting? I can't change anything, so why vote? Our vote decides who makes the laws that affect our lives and the lives of future generations. The representatives that we vote for work to get issues like transportation, better roads, high minimum wage, housing, etc. Who can vote, how to vote, where and when to vote. I'm going to explain everything in detail.
Who can vote?
A U.S. citizen (in some states, non-citizens can also vote locally)
A person must be at least 18 years old before election day.
A registered voter. Register!
Who cant?
- People with intellectual disabilities.
U.S citizens residing in U.S territories
People who are not citizens of the United States.
Where/When to vote?
Around election time your county usually will broadcast polling locations on the radio, in the newspaper, or county website. You can also use this handy dandy poll locator. Handy dandy Poll Locator.
As far as when there are multiple election dates here are some. State Elections ,Primary Elections , Mayoral Elections.
🡓 Pick your party 🡓
The democratic party, one of the two major parties in the US, was founded in 1792 and still exists although not in the same way. The democratic party is often referred to as the left-wing party(blue). In the past, the democratic party has supported things like slavery but in 1830 after renaming and reform to the party the democratic have made a change and now support things like immigration reform, LGBT rights, gun control, retiring the death penalty system, and women's rights.
Past Democrats
1 Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
2 Martin van Buren 1837-18413
3 James K. Polk 1845-1849
4 Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
5 James Buchanan 1857-1861
6 Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
7 Grover Cleveland 1885-1889, 1893-1897
8 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
9 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945
10 Harry S. Truman 1945-1953
11 John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
12 Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969
13 Jimmy Carter 1977-1981
14 Bill Clinton 1993-2001
15 Barack Obama 2009-2017
In 1854, the republican party or the GOP (Grand Old Party)was founded. It was a group of people who separated from the democratic party(1792) because they believed in the old democratic policies. They were in favor of a free market system where the government could not regulate economic exchange. The republican party is often referred to as the right-wing party(red). Today they stand for things like reduced taxes, stricter abortion laws, and deregulation.
1 Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
2 Ulysses S Grant 1869-1877
3 Rutherford B Hayes 1877-1881
4 James A Garfield 1881
5 Chester A Arthur 1881-1885
6 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1883
7 William Mckinley 1897-1901
8 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
9 William H Taft 1909-1913
10 Warren G Harding 1921-1923
11 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
12 Herbert Hoover 1929-1933
13 Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961
14 Richard M Nixon 1969-1974
15 Gerald Ford 1974-1977
16 Ronald Reagan 1981-1989
17 George H.W Bush 1989-1993
18 George W. Bush 2001-2009
19 Donald J. Trump 2017-2021
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