“In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.” MeanPastProcessVoteMajorityCastsAfrican AmericanVotingMinoritiesVotersPercentagesOhioAmerican Voters Author:John Lewis
“I ran because I became convinced after King was shot and killed, and Martin Luther King was one of the great heroes of my life, that politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live. If we don't like how we live, we can participate in the perfect most revolutionary act in a democracy, it's called voting.” IfsMeanPerfectDemocracyKingsHeroShotsKillingAvailableConvincedRanRevolutionaryVotingLutherNot PerfectGreat Hero Author:Maynard Jackson
“Consensus politics means that you cannot afford to give the many-headed beast, the public, anything to vote against, for voting against is what gargantuan pseudodemocracy has to come down to.” GivingMeanVoteBeastVotingConsensus Book:The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings Source: The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings