Each representative from the House of Representatives represents a congressional district. As a Democrat from the town of Greenwich, Jake will represent Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District, which includes Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton (part), Stamford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, and Wilton from Fairfield county and Oxford from New Haven County. ("Connecticut's 4th Congressional District"). Additionally, Stamford, Norwalk, and Bridgeport, which are the important cities, are all majorly Democratic.
A representative for a district is chosen according to the number of votes he receives from the voters of the district he is running for. Since the current representative …show more content…
("Connecticut's 4th Congressional District") In other words, roughly half of the population of the Fourth District does not vote for its representative for the house of representatives. There are many ways that the government has tried to increase voter turnouts, one of which is absentee voting. Absentee voting gives certain voters, who qualify, the ability to vote from a location other than the designated polling stations. Although this is an effective way of encouraging sick, imprisoned, and busy people to cast their vote, unfortunately the state of Connecticut has not yet adopted this voting …show more content…
Many people tend to be prospective voters, meaning that they are most likely going to vote for candidate that they think is going to accomplish more in the future; this is while many other voters tend to be retrospective voters who decide on who to vote for based on the success of the previous party’s candidate that was in power. Social Capital expresses the connections between different individuals in a society and the resources that they make available for each other. It’s important for a candidate to know the population of individuals and their connections with each other in order to address the issues that apply to the community he is
A representative for a district is chosen according to the number of votes he receives from the voters of the district he is running for. Since the current representative …show more content…
("Connecticut's 4th Congressional District") In other words, roughly half of the population of the Fourth District does not vote for its representative for the house of representatives. There are many ways that the government has tried to increase voter turnouts, one of which is absentee voting. Absentee voting gives certain voters, who qualify, the ability to vote from a location other than the designated polling stations. Although this is an effective way of encouraging sick, imprisoned, and busy people to cast their vote, unfortunately the state of Connecticut has not yet adopted this voting …show more content…
Many people tend to be prospective voters, meaning that they are most likely going to vote for candidate that they think is going to accomplish more in the future; this is while many other voters tend to be retrospective voters who decide on who to vote for based on the success of the previous party’s candidate that was in power. Social Capital expresses the connections between different individuals in a society and the resources that they make available for each other. It’s important for a candidate to know the population of individuals and their connections with each other in order to address the issues that apply to the community he is