Rashida Tlaib (MI), Ilan Omar (Minnesota), and Andre Carson (Indiana), all three Democratic Muslims, won reelections. Yassamin Ansari, a newly elected Muslim Democrat of Iranian descent from Arizona, will now join them.
That is what I am talking about. The best course for American Muslims to increase their political power is to actively participate in politics and become elected members. This is how they can make a significant contribution to policymaking processes that are consistent with their interests.
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All I will say is this. This is the step to the right direction, however, as long as these Muslim rep ran under the banner of either major party, don't expect things to change.
Because unlike political system in other countries such as Australia and the UK, US does not run on a winner take all system, which mean running the election is one thing, getting support to pass bill in both house is another, this is the issue other system don't really have to worry about because if they win the election, they win the government, and if they don't the Parliament will hung, this is where the smaller party or independent member comes in. Because if there is a dissent or the government have to form some kind of coalition to reach majority, those smaller party and swing vote would come in very important, and they can dictate how the big party vote.
In the US? This is not the case, the winner of the election win absolutely nothing, or absolutely everything, so if the GOP hit the Trifecta, they wouldn't care about the muslim independent, they would just go on and do what they wanted. And if they don't get the Trifecta, then they don't work because you will then need to depends on the majority of the other side, and it will
ALWAYS be the opposition major party, not the independent. Which mean as long as these Muslim rep ran under the banner of either Dem or GOP, there are pretty much nothing these reps can do.
The core to the Political In-Road in the US is lobbying, because you need to lobby basically both side to get support in the US government, that's why and how Israel become successful, as long as this does not change, I don't see any changes coming from electing a few Muslim rep, they will just go with the general float or be ignored. Yes, more member = more pull, but does that translate to lobbying? That is the key question you should ask.
