{"id":11297,"date":"2022-11-11T22:39:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T22:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=11297"},"modified":"2022-11-11T22:39:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T22:39:52","slug":"smaller-elections-matter-just-as-much-as-presidential-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2022\/11\/11\/smaller-elections-matter-just-as-much-as-presidential-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Smaller Elections matter just as much as presidential elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graphic by Tatyana Ross<\/em><\/p>\n

Tatyana Ross
\n<\/span>Editor-in-Chief<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a joy to see so many students on campus ready to vote. I registered to vote on Jackson State\u2019s campus a few years ago in 2017 when I came in as a freshman but this is my first time taking part in the Mississippi elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson State added to the experience with a march to the polls held on the 2nd Floor of the Student Center. Unfortunately, I was not able to participate in the march but it was cool to see.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Up until now I was sending my absentee ballot back to my hometown Montgomery, Ala. I cannot say that I am particularly shocked by the results of Midterm Elections on Nov. 8, 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Personally, I do not think enough people around my age group understand the importance of voting in midterm elections. I think we put off smaller elections like the midterms and only focus on the Presidential Election.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a previous issue of The Flash there were several students that were unaware of the elections and the particular policies we were voting for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, I admit I did not have a lot of faith for my fellow peers on Election Day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, they proved me wrong, according to Good Morning America, Generation Z had a large turnout at the polls that could possibly be linked to the abortion ban.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been registered to vote since the day I turned 18 years old and prior to that going to the polls every election with my mother is a core memory for me. She would always vote after school so that me and my younger sister could go with her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first time she ever took me to the polls I thought she was taking a test because of the way voting partitions were set up. Initially, she thought it was funny but she explained to me what it meant and I was so amazed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She never let me downplay the rights that our ancestors fought so many years for.<\/span><\/p>\n

My mother told me growing up that to always exercise the right to vote in midterm elections. I did not know what she meant then but I know now. The Midterm Elections are where we find out which party will gain control of the US Senate and the House of Representatives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From personal observations the party that acquired the most seats in the Midterm Elections has control of the presidency. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Graphic by Tatyana Ross Tatyana Ross Editor-in-Chief It was a joy to see so many students on campus ready to vote. I registered to vote on Jackson State\u2019s campus a few years ago in 2017 when I came in as a freshman but this is my first time taking part in the Mississippi elections. Jackson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-opinion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11303,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11297\/revisions\/11303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}