The Twenty-First Century Citizen
A Community of Citizens
• 1870 15th Amendment: Race Color, or
previous of servitude”
• 1920 19th Amendment: Gender
• 1924 Congressional Act: Native American
Citizenship Established
• 1961 23rd Amendment: DC Residents
enfranchised
• 1964 24th Amendment: Financial Barriers
removed
• 1965 Congressional Act: Voting Rights Act
• 1971 26th Amendment: Voting extended to
citizens 18 years and older
1. Rights v. Responsibility
2. Customer v. Citizen
3. Public v. Private
4. Partisan v. Non-Partisan
5. Invest v. Spend
Rights v. Responsibilities
Customer V. Citizen
PUBLIC V. PRIVATE
Partisan v. Nonpartisan
Most direct connection to the public
• Day to day services
• Essential providers of public health
and welfare
• Emergency response
• Recreational Directors
• Transportation
• Public Safety
Nonpartisan Leaders have Highest
Confidence Rating
• Mayors 64%
• President 47%
• Congress 19%
1.Rights v. Responsibility
2.Customer v. Citizen
3.Public v. Private
4.Partisan v. Non-Partisan
5.Invest v. Spend