Why do people vote the way they do? The answer to those questions baffles me over and again. Several decades ago, the neglect of the Democratic party toward minorities, Latinos, and black people was clandestine. Today, the wreckage is blatant. Even though most major inner-city dwellers never get what’s promised, they continue to vote for the same people who trap them in their desperate conditions. It’s no longer a hidden thing.
While I’m not too fond of generalizations, I’m pretty much spot on when I say that most major cities run by democratic leadership tend to inherit the same results regularly. More specifically, when I say democratic leadership, I mean a democratic mayor, a majority democratic city council, a majority democratic board of education, chief of police, fire chief, and city council. More often than not, many of these democrats in leadership are often people of color.
Despite a total controlling party in leadership, consistently, the inner city pushes out the poorest education and failing school districts. They deliver the highest results on crime, violence, and the highest rate of incarceration among its youth.
Aaron Lewis
Poverty is rampant, and high-quality job access is often barred to the people within the city as the highest-paid workers in the inner city don’t live there. Despite these data-driven facts, the residents continue to vote for the same people, the same party, and the same policies that keep them in perpetual slavery. It doesn’t make sense.
Why do you keep voting the same way and continue to get horrible results?
Aaron Lewis
Our present Governor does not have to campaign to win elections and will probably not make too many public appearances leading up to election day because he honestly doesn’t have to. He knows all too well that his voting base is programmed to continue to vote for him whether he does anything. Why is this? They are conditioned to vote the way they do. It’s madness. Most people will vote a party line because they are programmed to do so. This is not a partisan issue at all; it works both ways.
When the Republicans do not do what they say, keep their word, they still get endorsements. They still get the vote. I’ve seen Republicans get endorsements from organizations and non-profits created to stand against mandates, yet the Republican nominee isn’t against mandates.
I’ve seen Republicans get endorsements from parent groups whose purpose is to protect their children from forced medical mandates, yet their nominee is in full approval of medical mandates. It’s strange.
Aaron Lewis
He willingly participated in the process.
We must ask ourselves why we vote that way. Why do we vote for people who do not represent our values? Furthermore, why are we afraid to vote for change for someone willing to confront the political madness and stand against tyranny and government overreach? I’ve said publicly many times that we are at the most critical point in history in our state and our nation. I want to challenge you to step out of the mold and be different, courageous, and intentional.
Be bold enough to stop voting the same way over and again.
Aaron Lewis
The only way to change is to stop voting how we’ve been programmed. Don’t vote for people who do not represent your interest.
Aaron Lewis
Stop defensive voting, which means you only vote for what you don’t want rather than for what you want. I don’t want this guy to win, so I’ll vote for that guy, even if he’s just as bad. Voting that way is counterproductive.
Our communities, our state, and our nation are in the condition it’s in because of our habits. In all honesty, we cannot blame career politicians for ruining our country. We have to come to grips with the truth that the way things are is not their fault at all; it is ours. And we can change everything by regaining our sanity and voting for the outcome we wish to see, rather than voting on a party line.
Dr. Aaron Lewis