Electoral Changes: Hispanic Realities

From Hispanic Outlook

by Gustavo A. Mellander

For all our shortcomings as a nation, one of our enduring touchstones is that we believe in democracy. We believe we can address our problems through the electoral process. We have confidence in our elections (even with our outdated electoral college). We believe every vote counts.

Of course, in our quiet moments, we know flaws exist, for we have studied rural politics, big-city machine politics and the overwhelming power of money in virtually every election.