#onelasthope

We shed the light in to the darkness and bring hope to the hopeless  

The year was 2009 and it was once again Election year. However the Election of 2009 was the year to make history. Barack Obama was the first African - American to be elected as the President of the United States.  

As the years went on, the numbers of "black and brown" votes started to slowly go down and then back up. The black and brown votes refer to the African-American and Latino voters in the United States. In 2012, the Black voters made history once again. It turns out that the black votes was the key to Obama's reelection. More than 1.1 million black Georgians voted. However, only 741,000 voted in 2010 (midterm elections). (Source) Why is that? Pew Research states that some people only vote because they were asked to. 

As some statistics show,  the voting rate is higher during the election year than the midterms voting. Why is that? It has been said that many people do not know when midterm election is or they simply don't have time to vote.

Now, with midterm elections around the corner, the importance of voting for the Democrats matter more than ever. There is a huge chance that the Democratic Party could lose their voice in the Senate. Thus, with the possibility of leaving current President Obama as a "lame duck."

So, the question is, who exactly is voting during the midterm elections and does it truly make a difference? The answer could be found in The Great Midterm Divide. It states that seniors who are majority white are likely to vote while young people and minorities are likely to stay home.  According to an article by NY Times, if there are no "black and brown votes", the Democrats will lost their place in the Senate. To the answer the second part of the question, is yes. With other votes, it could change Obama's Presidency. 

We are lucky to live a country that is ruled by a democracy. We are lucky to live in a country that allows us to vote. A lot of people argue that their vote doesn't matter because they are only one person. However, they are wrong. Every vote matters because every voice counts.