As an
independent voter I feel offended by the tone of Mr. Cohen’s article in the The
Washington Post about
racial divide on voting. The tone
appears as if white voters vote based on race.
Yet, according to the same article “... 80 percent of all
nonwhites supported Obama, including 95 percent of black voters”
Culture attachment
is omitted as a factor on minorities voting.
We immigrants even in the second generation tend to believe politicians. I am speaking from an immigrant’s viewpoint—I
am naturalized.
According to
immigrants, thus minorities other then black, we have been brainwashed with the
philosophy that the Democratic party is the savior of the working class. I was in the box, and as a democrat I voted
by party lines. But, then I faced reality:
My party raised my taxes, my meager
income shrunk. I became non-affiliated.
Now, our president
quotes an incomplete report as if all figures were in. Those of us who are informed vote based on
facts. As voters start to see facts and
the lack thereof, we move to the candidate who appears more honest.—it’s about credibility,
not racial emotions.
