Scramble 4 African -American Votes
US ELECTION- SCRABLE FOR AFRICAN –AMERICAN VOTES
Qasim Akinreti – Washington DC.
The Democrats and Republican aspirants are now engaged in last minutes scramble for the votes of African –Americans in the mid term election schedule for November 7th. 2006. Both political parties have voted sizeable amount out of 2.6 billion dollars campaign funds, to battle for the souls of African –Americans, christened “a fight to finish”.
This rat race was sequel to disturbing trends of opinion poll “Gop Poll and Pew Report” which indicated that 29 per cent of Blacks feel that their votes may not count in the up coming elections.
Aside from this, six black Americans Senatorial and House of Representatives as well as 3 Governorship aspirants have argued that every mileage must be covered in this election as the outcome, may determine which party would clinch the 2008 Presidential election.
Political Calculation.
African –Americans formed 10 per cent of the US population, 53 per cent of the African- American voters registered in 2000. Presently, 43 Black Americans are in the Congress at the Capitol Hill. The first African – American Senator, Barrack Osama of Kenyan origin is eyeing the White House in 2008 under the platform of the Democratic Party.
According to Roland Martin a political analyst, for the Democrats to have upper hand in the Senate, it needs to garner appreciable votes from six states. These states are Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia, heavily populated by black Africans.
In two of these states, Tennessee and Maryland Black Americans are slogging it out with their White Americans counterpart. Election results in these states are really close call for the Democrats and Republicans.
Foreign policy, especially the development in Iraq, Economy, Tax, Homeland Security, health, and family values are core issues dominating the US mid- term elections
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for Election for two years. The 33 seats in the Senate are for six years term. Of the 50 Governors of US states, 36 are up for election. Most terms are for four years, although Vermont and New Hampshire elect governors for two years
Link to external sites –
www.usinfo.state.gov/dhr/democracy/elections.html
www.cfr.org/publication
www.dnc.org
www.rnc.org
Qasim Akinreti – Washington DC.
The Democrats and Republican aspirants are now engaged in last minutes scramble for the votes of African –Americans in the mid term election schedule for November 7th. 2006. Both political parties have voted sizeable amount out of 2.6 billion dollars campaign funds, to battle for the souls of African –Americans, christened “a fight to finish”.
This rat race was sequel to disturbing trends of opinion poll “Gop Poll and Pew Report” which indicated that 29 per cent of Blacks feel that their votes may not count in the up coming elections.
Aside from this, six black Americans Senatorial and House of Representatives as well as 3 Governorship aspirants have argued that every mileage must be covered in this election as the outcome, may determine which party would clinch the 2008 Presidential election.
Political Calculation.
African –Americans formed 10 per cent of the US population, 53 per cent of the African- American voters registered in 2000. Presently, 43 Black Americans are in the Congress at the Capitol Hill. The first African – American Senator, Barrack Osama of Kenyan origin is eyeing the White House in 2008 under the platform of the Democratic Party.
According to Roland Martin a political analyst, for the Democrats to have upper hand in the Senate, it needs to garner appreciable votes from six states. These states are Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia, heavily populated by black Africans.
In two of these states, Tennessee and Maryland Black Americans are slogging it out with their White Americans counterpart. Election results in these states are really close call for the Democrats and Republicans.
Foreign policy, especially the development in Iraq, Economy, Tax, Homeland Security, health, and family values are core issues dominating the US mid- term elections
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for Election for two years. The 33 seats in the Senate are for six years term. Of the 50 Governors of US states, 36 are up for election. Most terms are for four years, although Vermont and New Hampshire elect governors for two years
Link to external sites –
www.usinfo.state.gov/dhr/democracy/elections.html
www.cfr.org/publication
www.dnc.org
www.rnc.org
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