Recently, our class discussed ways in which the
planters fought back during reconstruction. One of the ways they tried to flex
their power was through economic coercion, by limiting freedmen's voting rights
by threatening their jobs at the voting polls. This political corruption,
limited the promised right to voice their opinion in our democracy, which
harmed the political process. Although, 150 years after the reconstruction
period, has our political process changed that much?

ThinkProgress shows us that CEOs like the Koch brothers threatened 45,000
employees saying that if Obama won there would be layoffs. Many followed up on
these threats. A Las Vegas Ceo fired 22 of his 114 workers as a direct result
of Obama winning the election. You can find the rest of the article here.
Although not targeted specifically to African Americans (like voter restriction during reconstruction) there are still injustices in our very political system that went unsolved. This issue begs the question whether or not it is just for money to play a part in our democracy (as it currently does). What do you think?
I think it's wrong to influence people's voices based on their economic situations.This affects votes because as Stanley Feldman from the department of political
science at Kentucky points out, “Accumulated evidence very strongly suggests
that vote choice and presidential evaluations are influenced by personal economic
considerations. In other words, if you feel voting one way could make you lose
your job, you might vote the other way despite your political beliefs. This completely undermines the election process by giving
CEOs unfair voting power through the ability to threaten their employees. Similar to reconstruction, there are still political injustices that I believe need to be fixed.
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