Your Vote Matters - Vote Democratic!

There are people who do not vote. They tell you “my vote doesn’t matter,” or “elected officials don’t listen to me,” or “my vote doesn’t count.” The reality is that VOTING MATTERS. The people elected to office have the ability to make opportunity available to all citizens or to make the American Dream available only to the privileged few.

VOTING MATTERS when you look at what each party stands for and the goals they have set out for governing. VOTING MATTERS if you care about education. VOTING MATTERS if you care about health care. VOTING MATTERS if you care about jobs. Take a look at what each party hopes to achieve, based on the official 2014 Party Platforms, and determine if VOTING MATTERS in your life. Ask yourself - if I vote, will it matter? If you care about any of the issues below, VOTING MATTERS!

VOTING MATTERS! Are you going to make your voice heard on Election Day?

Democrats want the following:

Republicans want the following:

make quality, free education available to all children  oppose the “teach to the test” policy  every student should have access to affordable college education  education should be a budget priority  teacher pay should be at a level on par with the national average  oppose school vouchers and tax breaks for people or corporations  want to protect teacher pensions  raise the minimum wage  repeal right to work laws and give employees free choice to join unions  public project funds go to American companies that hire American workers  retrain laid off workers  increase spending for Texas infrastructure thereby creating jobs  allow women to make their own medical decisions  expand Medicaid coverage to all working families by accepting the 100 billion dollars offered by the federal government  support increased spending on mental health and substance abuse solutions  a state health exchange making affordable private insurance available to all  comprehensive reform providing an attainable path to legal status and/or citizenship  secure the borders with trained, financed border patrol  eliminate the logjams in the immigration legal system  passage of the DREAM act

stop all funding of public school districts  privatize the public school system abolish the Department of Education  abolish property taxes (which fund schools)  oppose the 10% rule and use of diversity in admission process  oppose mandatory pre-K and Kindergarden  repeal the minimum wage  oppose the Employee Free Choice Act allowing workers to join a union freely  make workers compensation insurance optional for employers  abolish the Federal Reserve System  repeal the Affordable Health Care Act  oppose a woman’s right to choose  allow health care professionals to deny treatment or medication to any person if they personally oppose the medical procedure or medication on moral or religious grounds  erect a continuous physical barrier along the border consisting of monitoring by electronic, infrared, and visual means  refuse to grant any legal status to anyone who entered the county illegally  end in-state tuition for any undocumented Texas resident oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs oppose Medicare expansion in Texas privatize Social Security and voucherize Medicare