With the recent news that Donald Trump isn't doing so well with female voters many Trump supporters have started pushing for a repeal of the 19th amendment in hopes that it will help his chances of getting elected. This is merely talk as of now, but it leads to the bigger issue concerning this nations history with voting rights. Democracy according to professor of political science at Stanford University Larry Diamond is a system of government that is composed of four main elements, “1.) A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections. 2.) The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life. 3.) Protection of the human rights of all citizens. 4.) A rule of law, in which the laws and …show more content…
especially in politics has often targeted minorities through laws such as the voter ID law that came about when the Supreme court in 2013 allowed several Southern States to have full control of their election laws (VRA for Today). Although rooted initially enacted to hep stop voter fraud many of these laws have since been recalled as they were proven to target minority voters and make it harder for them to register to vote and participate in voting. For example North Carolina's voter ID law that was recently struck down as it was proven to target African-American voters. However, this still hasn't stopped many politicians/campaign managers from discouraging and or restricting voters one way or