News-Letter

To answer this question, we may also want to review current social context of this election. Baltimore City is often called the heroin capital of America. With only a 68.4 percent high school graduation rate, the city's public education system is also strained. Burdened by a 6.9 percent reported unemployment rate as of January 2007, the economy's performance is at best mediocre. The city's income per capita as of 2005 was $31,607, far behind the $41,972 average of the state of Maryland. After trekking through these truths, it's no surprise that most citizens would simply forfeit their voting rights. After all, what's the use of voting if little progress has been made to improve the lives of ordinary citizens in the city?

Meanwhile, back at the Roland Park polling station, election officials strolled about absent-mindedly. The nearly empty high school gym had an eerily serene mood, not something one would expect on a conventional election day. Once in a while, a few election volunteers sparked up light-hearted conversations. Indeed, it was just a lazy, ordinary day.

< prev Page 2 of 2

Article Tools