Drawing the Vote

Tommy Jenkins has written an informative graphic novel with the history of voting and voting rights in the United States.  Voting rights issues have been debated by Congress since the Continental Congress era, even before the passage of our Constitution. Originally, only white male land owners were allowed to vote.  Now we are fighting to keep the rights that were previously granted by earlier generations.  Much of the book is about the Trump era, the suffragette era and the civil rights era in the 1960s.  It shows that not much has changed in the politics over voting through the years from the 1780s to the present. This is a sad judgment on my country. 

The artwork was done by Kati Lacker. She primarily used blue tones in her drawings but there are also red drawings. Is there a red, white and blue theme here? Drawing the Vote is her first graphic novel. 

The book is well suited for younger readers. It gives the history of a topic that is current in our politics in a way that is easy to understand.  Adults would likewise benefit. It offers a reminder of what has gone past and why we are still stuck in very muddy ground. 5 out of 5 stars.