http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2002/March/RighttoVoteAbroad.html
Why is voting important for people in Mexican American communities? Our text discusses the importance of naturalized 2nd generation American citizens to vote to improve the rights of people trying to come to this country. This country was built on illegal immigration and has thrived on the destruction of others trying to do the same thing.
Bedolla talks about the socioeconomic status and the gap between Anglos and Mexicans. She touches on the relationship between lower income Mexican immigrants and white people. Class differences determine political power. People with money are always going to dominate political parties and Bedolla’s reasoning for voting is trying to lessen the gap. She explains how voting is generally lower in Mexican communities because of potential voters being uninformed. I agree with her about the importance of Mexican people voting. Not only are they helping themselves get rights but also immigrants entering the country.
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I keep reading that voting is a way for your voice to be heard. Our government is supposed to be ruled by the people. Sometimes I do not feel that is the case. As we learned in class on Wednesday, that the popular vote is not used for selecting the President. Then there is also state's that use a caucas which I really did not know about. I would have to say that people would need to become educated about the decisions that they are going to make like some of the respondents in our book worried about. The worse part about getting who you want in office is that they might not even listen to the people after being elected. There is too much money involved in electoral politics.
To be honest even in the lower class white and black communities, voting is lower in than the more wealthy ones. People are not educated about voting well enough for them to take a stand and try to take part in change. It is even more so apparent in the mexican communities because of the language gap that we see. I come from a middle/lower class white family and even I did not know the importance of a caucas or popular vote until last wednsday, lord only knows how many mexican immigrants or 2nd generations have no clue on thier ability for change. I truly did not understand the significance they could have for change if they were better educated on this topic.
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