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There is a glaring disparity in voting rights that makes America's Democracy incomplete to say the least. While "one man, one vote" is the accepted rule, we are far from there: According to U.S. Census figures, the entire US population could be divided as follows (numbers are rounded off here for simplicity and should be adjusted with the actual Census figures for a more exact analysis):
Total population:....................................... 300 million
Foreign nationals:....................................... 50 million
US citizens:.............................................. 250 million
Of the total of US citizens there is
a group (A) that does not include
dependent children..................................... 90 million
and another group, (B), who are
members of "families"(1)........................... 160 million
All the citizens in Group A have the
right to vote. Total possible votes:............... 90 million
The citizens in Group B do not all
have a recognized right to vote.
Total possible votes................................... 70 million
Therefore, The citizens who belong
to Families (Group B), are being
shortchanged at the ballot box to
the tune of................................................ 90 million
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(1) "Families" in the context of this exercise should be understood as the group of persons formed by one or more children and their mother and/or father. |
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