{"id":425,"date":"2015-04-23T02:11:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T02:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2015-04-23T02:11:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T02:11:34","slug":"black-women-and-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/black-women-and-the-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Women and The Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tmp-event-2015-04-26-women.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"426\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/black-women-and-the-vote\/tmp-event-2015-04-26-women\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tmp-event-2015-04-26-women.jpg?fit=350%2C230&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,230\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tmp-event-2015-04-26-women\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tmp-event-2015-04-26-women.jpg?fit=350%2C230&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tmp-event-2015-04-26-women.jpg?resize=300%2C197\" alt=\"tmp-event-2015-04-26-women\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tmp-event-2015-04-26-women.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tmp-event-2015-04-26-women.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A recent survey asked whether women should have the vote. The on line survey\u00a0showed\u00a0that 70% of those who participated thought that women should have the vote.<\/p>\n<p>That left\u00a030% that don&#8217;t think that women should have the vote. One women aged 30 said, &#8220;I have never voted because we should not have the right to vote. Men are often naturally more level headed, rational and logical and understand politics better&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a human right to vote but the matter needs discussion especially in the black community where there is a higher tendency not to vote at all. There is a debate on this issue on Sunday\u00a026 April 2015 from 14:00 to 16:00. 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