Refugees in California are part of the voting population,
but they have different reasons for voting and not voting. In this article
written by Megan Burks from KPBS talks about the voter population in
California. Burks interviewed a Somali refugee, Ali, living in a district in
San Diego and the refugee said she came from a place where she say a government
fall and where there was no people to govern her people. She has participated in ever election in the
United States since she became a citizen. The article goes on to say that most
refugees in San Diego are not like Ali and they hardly vote.
I can see why some of these refugees vote and do not
vote. The ones that vote are looking to make a change and difference to their
current situation. Possible some of these voters were not even allowed to vote
in their past countries and they are freely expressing their right to vote. The
refugees that do not vote are the same people that came from harsh political
climates, but they think that all the governments are the same and they will
not make a difference.
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/09/california-counts-mobilizing-the-states-refugee-voters
