Politics

The hope is for a healing, a unity to develop in this country that hasn’t existed up until this point. President-elect didn’t get voted into office solely by the black vote in this country. It took many Whites, Latinos and others to cast enough of the popular vote to influence the electoral vote. And it was that working together for the common good that caused this historic day to occur.

It started with Spanish-American War in 1898. America believed that Cuba’s connection with the Caribbean could bring many advantages in terms of our Navy and resourceful powers. The only factor that prevented us to intervene was a Spanish military occupying Cuban turf. During this time, yellow journalism created an oppressive persona intended for the Spanish Rule in Cuba.

The United States and the Spanish Navy were in command with in the areas of many Islands with in the Pacific as well. The United States had a technical mishap with a ship referred to as the U.S.S Maine. The newspapers exaggerated the story and blamed the Spanish. This event became the spark of the flame that allowed the military to collide with the Spanish army. We fought with them in the pacific and Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders were given permission to fight in Cuba due to the support of the media.

The press referred to this war as a glorious victory. When we overthrew the Spanish, we stated that the people of Cuba would be given freedoms and an independent government. The ideas implanted into the peoples minds was a beautiful thing, but even the elegance of a rose will eventually decompose and die.Political scientists have long argued that low levels of citizen support can pose serious problems for democratic systems because both the functioning and the maintenance of democratic politics are intimately linked with what and how citizens think about democratic governance.