{"id":3873,"date":"2020-10-30T09:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T14:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2020-10-30T10:08:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T15:08:34","slug":"indian-country-today-the-power-of-the-native-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/30\/indian-country-today-the-power-of-the-native-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Country Today: The power of the Native vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3873-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" poster=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/indiancountrytoday.png\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/indiancountrytoday.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/indiancountrytoday.mp4\">https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/indiancountrytoday.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">WATCH ELECTION NIGHT WITH INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY. ICT&#8217;s live news broadcast starts at 8 p.m. Mountain Standard at <a href=http:\/\/indiancountrytoday.com\/>IndianCountryToday.com<\/a> on November 3, 2020. #NativeVote20 #NativeElectionNight\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Native vote plays powerful role, especially in swing states<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Voting advocates predict Native voters will come out in force despite challenges #NativeVote20<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, October 30, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Mary Annette Pember <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mapember\"><I aria-hidden=true class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/I><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indian Country Today<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-website\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indiancountrytoday.com\/\">indiancountrytoday.com<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNative American and Alaska Native voters have the power to determine the next president.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cHad Native voters turned out in 2016, we would likely have had a very different outcome in the presidential election,\u201d said OJ Semans, executive director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourdirectionsvote.com\/\">Four Directions<\/a> Inc., a Native American voting rights advocacy organization. Semans is a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNative voters stand to play a crucial role in the 2020 election, especially in swing states where they make up significant portions of eligible voters. States in which two major parties have similar levels of support and high numbers of electoral votes are also home to large Native populations.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe approximately 3.7 million Natives and Alaska Natives of voting age are represented in this election\u2019s crucial swing states.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<figure>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"643\" data-attachment-id=\"3879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/30\/indian-country-today-the-power-of-the-native-vote\/ojsemans\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ojsemans.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,643\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"ojsemans\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ojsemans.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ojsemans.jpg\" alt=\"ojsemans\"   class=\"alignnone img-fluid wp-image-3879\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">OJ Semans is executive director of Four Directions Inc, a Native American voting rights advocacy group. Photo courtesy of Four Directions\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSwing states and percentage of eligible Native voters:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"mx-4\">\r\nArizona \u2014 5.6 percent<BR>\r\nColorado \u2014 2.5 percent<BR>\r\nMichigan \u2014 1.4 percent<BR>\r\nMinnesota \u2014 1.8 percent<BR>\r\nNevada \u2014 2.5 percent<BR>\r\nNorth Carolina \u2014 2.1 percent<BR>\r\nWisconsin \u2014 1.5 percent\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAt first glance, it might appear that the numbers are insignificant; however, if President Donald Trump\u2019s narrow margin of victory in several states during the 2016 presidential election is any indication, the Native vote stands to play an important role in this election.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cTrump won the state during the 2016 election by 0.7 percent. We could have very well have swung that election,\u201d said Guy Reiter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menomineerebuilders.org\/\">Menikanaehken<\/a> Inc., a grassroots organization based on the Menominee reservation in northeast Wisconsin. In addition to working to revitalize its community, Menikanaehken Inc. is working to increase voter engagement and registration.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn the 2016 presidential election, however, only 1.8 million Native voters turned out, about half of the eligible voters.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncai.org\/\">National Congress of American Indians<\/a>, the voter rate among Native Americans is five to 14 percentage points lower than that of other racial groups.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_twitter-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAI1944\/status\/1321164869660561409\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/ElW4cpoWkAAroaT?format=webp&#038;name=large\" alt=\"National Congress of American Indians (@NCAI1944) on X\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAI1944\/status\/1321164869660561409\">\n\t\t\tNational Congress of American Indians (@NCAI1944) on X\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAI1944\/status\/1321164869660561409\">\n\t\t\t<p>Voting together means keeping each other safe. Plan now to have everything you need to protect yourself and your community from COVID-19 if you\u2019re voting in person \u2014 and tag folks you know are voting in person, and share to keep our communities safe! #TogetherWeVote #NativeVote<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"X (formerly Twitter)\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tX (formerly Twitter)\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThese low rates have been attributed to a number of issues, including barriers to voting such as lack of polling places near or on reservations, voter registration requirements that call for physical mailing addresses (many Native folks on remote reservations maintain post office boxes rather than receive mail at home) and a general history of disenfranchisement and distrust of the federal government that goes back generations.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nCOVID-19 is creating further barriers for Indian Country as many turn to mail in voting as a means to mitigate exposure to the virus that has hit Native communities such as the Navajo Nation and Wisconsin tribes hard. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court decision rejecting a lawsuit brought by six Navajo voters seeking to allow an extra 10 days for ballots mailed from the Navajo Nation to be counted. Similarly, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Wisconsin voting laws rejecting efforts to allow absentee ballots to be counted sent back to election officials on or just before election day.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDespite these challenges, Native leaders and voting advocates are confident that this election will be a game changer.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to the newly released <a href=http:\/\/indigenousfutures.illuminatives.org\/>Indigenous Futures Survey<\/a> \u2014 directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/illuminatives.org\/\">IllumiNative<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/nativeorganizing.org\/\">Native Organizers Alliance<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnay.org\/\">Center for Native American Youth<\/a> \u2014 Native Americans, especially youth, are highly engaged in the political process. About 5 percent of youth respondents were not old enough to vote in the 2016 election.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_twitter-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_IllumiNatives\/status\/1321814048950812672\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Elc695lVoAAVVb-?format=webp&#038;name=large\" alt=\"IllumiNative (@IllumiNative) on X\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_IllumiNatives\/status\/1321814048950812672\">\n\t\t\tIllumiNative (@IllumiNative) on X\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_IllumiNatives\/status\/1321814048950812672\">\n\t\t\t<p>As Indigenous peoples we have specific issues that directly impact our lives from water rights, environmental impacts, energy, housing, Indian child welfare issues, and federal spending or Indian Country for education and healthcare. #NativesVote Ledger art by @AvisCharley<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"X (formerly Twitter)\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tX (formerly Twitter)\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nA high level of engagement in the political process such as signing petitions, sharing political content online, participating in a community action group, attending a protest both before and after the death of George Floyd, are predictors of greater voter turnout, according to survey authors.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe survey was conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley from June 23 to Aug. 15, with responses from 6,460 Native people of voting age across the U.S. representing 401 tribes.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe survey was conducted online due to restrictions of the pandemic.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to its findings, Native people living in battleground or swing states report higher voting rates than those in other locations.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFifty-one percent of respondents identified as Democrats, 26 percent as independent, 9 percent as Democratic Socialist and 7 percent as Republican. The remainder identified as Libertarian, Green Party or Socialist.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe large number of Native candidates in local and state elections will also influence greater voter turnout, according to the survey\u2019s authors.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNative voting rights advocates such as Reiter and Semans agree that more Native people will vote during this election, especially youth.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThere\u2019s greater interest in this election cycle, especially among young people. They are really excited about voting; they are seeing the opportunity for us to make sure that Wisconsin goes in a way that represents Indigenous people,\u201d Reiter said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to Maria Dadger, executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/itcaonline.com\/\">Intertribal Council of Arizona<\/a> based in Phoenix, Native youth have been especially responsive to the council\u2019s social media voting outreach.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe response from Native voters between 18-24 has been phenomenal,\u201d she said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nEnvironmental quality, health and education are huge issues of concern for tribes, according to Dadger.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIndeed, researchers with the Indigenous Futures Survey found that health care, especially mental health, and the environment were among respondents\u2019 top concerns.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<figure>\r\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-attachment-id=\"3885\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/30\/indian-country-today-the-power-of-the-native-vote\/mariadadger\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mariadadger.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"mariadadger\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Maria Dadger is executive director of the Intertribal Council of Arizona. Photo by Patty Talahongva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mariadadger-1024x576.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mariadadger.jpg\" alt=\"mariadadger\"   class=\"img-fluid wp-image-3885\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Maria Dadger is executive director of the Intertribal Council of Arizona. Photo by Patty Talahongva<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Candidates take notice<\/div>\r\nNotably both the Biden and Trump campaigns are courting the Native vote; Joe Biden and Kamala Harris met with tribal leaders last month in Phoenix and later released their 15 page \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/08\/joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-release-plan-for-tribal-nations\/\">Biden-Harris Plan for Tribal Nations<\/a>.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to their plan, a Biden administration will fully fund the Indian Health Service and potentially make funding mandatory rather than discretionary. The Biden-Harris plan also commits to aim to achieve net-zero emissions and ensure that investments in clean energy reach Native communities. Biden has also promised to end fossil fuel subsidies.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLater in October, Trump released his three-page policy vision for Indian Country, shortly after his son Donald Trump Jr. launched the Native Americans for Trump coalition in Williams, Arizona.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/20\/donald-trump-releases-first-peoples-plan\/\">Putting America\u2019s First Peoples First: Forgotten More!<\/a>\u201d plan, Trump promised to respect tribal sovereignty and self-determination, promote safe communities, build a thriving economy with improved infrastructure, honor Native American heritage, improve education and deliver health care.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn a follow-up email to Indian Country Today\u2019s request for details about Trump\u2019s plans to deliver health care, Jennifer Kelly, advisor for regional communications and Hispanic media engagement wrote: \u201cThe Federal government remains committed to meeting existing federal trust and treaty obligations. Unfortunately, politicians of both parties, including some who have been in Washington, DC for several decades have fallen short. Thankfully, President Trump is not afraid to tackle long-overlooked challenges, just as he has done with the issue of Missing and Murdered Native Americans. A few examples of elevating the commitment to the trust relationship in the plan surround the provisions to improve education and healthcare in Indian Country. President Trump\u2019s FY 2021 budget, for example, proposed a $185 million (3 percent) increase for Indian Health Service (IHS) funding totaling $6.2 billion. The President also launched the IHS Task (Force) to tackle long overlooked abuses in the IHS.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p><figure>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-attachment-id=\"3888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/30\/indian-country-today-the-power-of-the-native-vote\/nativeamericansfortrump\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nativeamericansfortrump.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"nativeamericansfortrump\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nativeamericansfortrump-1024x576.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nativeamericansfortrump.jpg\" alt=\"nativeamericansfortrump\"  class=\"alignnone img-fluid wp-image-3888\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The Trump campaign launched its Native American Coalition in Williams, Arizona.  Photo by Carina Dominguez \/ Indian Country Today\r\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTrump also promised to empower tribes to pursue responsible energy development on their lands.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTrump\u2019s record on the environment and support for fossil fuel development, mining and pipelines that frequently impact Native lands and communities, however, has not gone unnoticed in Indian Country.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTrump famously approved the Dakota Access Pipeline, the subject of months-long opposition, near the Standing Rock Reservation within a month of taking office. The president has been an enthusiastic supporter of oil and gas pipeline development, the coal industry, mining in areas such as the Boundary Waters in Minnesota and opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling. During his administration, the Environmental Protection Agency has streamlined the environmental review process and timeline for pipelines and mining projects.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to Dadger, access to clean, safe water is paramount to Native people in Arizona; the fallout from coal and uranium mines continue to pollute drinking water on the Navajo reservation.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIn Arizona, water is gold,\u201d Dadger said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe state of Wisconsin repealed its mining moratorium during the Trump administration while the president has sought to fast-track mining projects, offering grants and loans to help companies pay for equipment.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nEnvironmental health is a big concern for Native voters in Wisconsin, according to Reiter.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a tribe here in Wisconsin that isn\u2019t fighting some sort of environmental threat from mining or pipelines. As Indigenous people, we don\u2019t have the luxury of relocating. This is our land,\u201d Reiter said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIf you still need an excuse to vote, I don\u2019t know what world you\u2019re living in,\u201d he said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"3890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/30\/indian-country-today-the-power-of-the-native-vote\/photo-by-adam-schultz-biden-for-president-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nednorrisjoebidenkamalaharris-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Photo by Adam Schultz \/ Biden for President\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Adam Schultz \/ Biden for President&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nednorrisjoebidenkamalaharris-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nednorrisjoebidenkamalaharris-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Adam Schultz \/ Biden for President\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-3890\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Chairman Ned Norris, Jr. of the Tohono O\u2019odham Nation, center, addresses Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Democratic vic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 8, 2020. Photo by Adam Schultz \/ Biden for President<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlthough voters in Indian Country continue to experience barriers, Semans is hopeful for this election.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIn a matter of a week, we registered 1,600 people in Minnesota, 1,700 in Arizona and 1,800 in South Dakota. I\u2019m really excited for Indian Country,\u201d he said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nProfessor Arianne Eason of the University of California-Berkeley, a researcher with the Indigenous Futures Survey, agrees.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe saw really high rates of civic and political engagement among respondents. That being said, there were still a lot of barriers that Indigenous people were facing, and some of it is really access to polling places. At the same time, we see that people really are taking very seriously what&#8217;s going on. And so when we look at what motivates people to vote, what people are really reporting, is caring about candidates\u2019 platforms and their track record on Native and tribal issues.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><EM>Mary Annette Pember, a citizen of the Red Cliff Ojibwe tribe, is a national correspondent for Indian Country Today. Follow Pember on <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/mapember>Twitter @mapember<\/a>. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pember loves film, books and jingle dress dancing.<\/em><HR>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThis article originally <a href=https:\/\/indiancountrytoday.com\/news\/native-vote-plays-powerful-role-especially-in-swing-states-hJRQxO1j5Eqf6fAQ25xhCw>appeared on Indian Country Today<\/a> LLC, a nonprofit, public media enterprise. ICT does not charge for subscriptions and tribal media (or any media, for that matter) can use the publiciation\u2019s content for free. <a href=https:\/\/support.indiancountrytoday.com\/>Contribute to the nonprofit<\/a> Indian Country Today.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<STRONG>Note: Thumbnail photo of final presidential debate by <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bidenforpresident\/50523943287\/>Adam Schultz \/ Biden for President<\/a><\/strong>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Native American and Alaska Native voters have the power to determine the next president.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,1,14],"tags":[4,42,708,94,75,56,692,769,768,129,210,178,53,767,55,766,85,177,408],"class_list":["post-3873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-4","tag-arizona","tag-dakota-access-pipeline","tag-democrats","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-four-directions","tag-guy-reiter","tag-guy-richter","tag-ict","tag-ihs","tag-itca","tag-joe-biden","tag-maria-dadger","tag-native-vote","tag-oj-semans","tag-republicans","tag-voting-rights","tag-wisconsin","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-10t","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/joebidendonaldtrumpdebate-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}