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Related: About this forumHillary Clinton's Speech On Voting Rights Is All Upside
Slowly but surely, Hillary Clinton is making her positions known.
And earlier this week, she came out strong on voting rights.
To my mind, Clintons speech on voting rights was designed to accomplish two things:
First, her speech clearly associates herself with the position the Democratic mainstream, particularly the base of African-Americans and Latinos, who are most directly affecting by stricter voter ID laws. These constituencies passionately support efforts to increase voter empowerment, voter rights and expand the franchise.
In this way, Clintons speech was not just the defense of actions to prevent against voter suppression by the Republicans, something that Democrats, of course, are eager to do. The speech was an effort by Hillary Clinton to associate herself with the whole notion of expansion of the franchise which can only benefit the Democratic Party and, to wit, her.
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William769
(55,147 posts)For all the right people.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)And that is a beautiful thing.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Elections on their platform and not preventing others from voting.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Progressive ideals don't mean a hill of beans if at this point in time Americans are obstructed and are barred from voting. HRC knows this. HRC fights for democracy. Well done.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)and Hillary knows this.