It was reported this week that almost 15,000 more blacks in Alabama have registered to vote compared to figures from four years ago. It’s safe to say Barack Obama has had something to do with that.
After all, the Illinois senator has a decent shot to defeat Republican nominee Sen. John McCain and become our nation’s first black president.
For a group who has overcome slavery, won the right to vote and earned equal civil liberties, seeing a minority campaign for the presidency of the nation is a shining moment in history. Black voter registration hasn’t been hurt by the strong suspicion that U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, a Democrat, will make a run for Alabama’s governor’s mansion in 2010.
To sum, more black Alabamians are inspired about this election like never before.
That aside, U.S. citizens of all ethnic groups should be excited to vote in the general election.
Voting for the leader of our nation is a right, a privilege and something we should never take for granted.
November’s election should not be about race.
Instead, this election should be about millions of Americans exercising their freedoms at the polls, regardless of which demographic they represent, which candidate they vote for, which candidate wins or the ethnicity of that candidate.
Just because voter registration or interest in the election by one
Alabama demographic has greatly increased, by no means should this election be any less interesting or exciting for all other demographics.
We encourage citizens of all ethnic backgrounds to register, and if they already are, head to the polls in November.
Registering to vote is great, but unless people actually make their voices heard, that little registration card in your wallet is useless.
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