Alabama has a long history of supporting right wing politicians. The economic condition of Alabama, however, indicates that the voters of Alabama ought to consider a change in course.
As indicated in the Food Research and Action Center’s 2007 State of the States Report, Alabama is being crushed under the weight of a high poverty rate. With a general poverty rate of 17 percent and a child poverty rate of 24.8 percent, Alabama’s burden of poverty is much higher than the national average.
With one in four children in Alabama living in poverty, the prospects for Alabama’s future are not bright either – unless Alabamans abandon their attachment to right wing economic ideology that clearly hasn’t worked for them. The 2008 presidential election is coming just in time for Alabama to support a progressive candidate for President who will replace right wing neglect with an effort to use the power of government to lift Alabamans out of poverty and into a state of genuine opportunity.
