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With voting trends focusing less on policy, the catalyst that is springing candidates into political positions is increasingly influenced by the personal qualities they possess, such as gender, race, ethnicity, religion or sexuality. Some people are beginning to allow these factors to play a more significant role in who they cast their ballots for, which can be seen in recent voting trends. Voters’ tendency to gravitate toward candidates belonging to certain groups or social backgrounds in terms of political alliances is known as identity politics. The socially accepted crusade of identity politics augments a movement away from broad-based party politics to valuing a more culturally or socially popular candidate. Ideally, a larger base of the population could be represented by those in political office. People may be discounted for their opinions on certain topics such as Black Lives Matter if they are not black. Judging people based on their race, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality is a form of prejudice. Professor Bret Weinstein of Evergreen State College was candid about his distaste for a college activity called a “Day of Absence” that asked white students to leave campus for the day. The movement was an effort to eliminate identity politics and see people as individuals rather than a group. People should be judged on the content of their character, not on uncontrollable factors such as their gender or ethnicity.