“One man, one vote”, a phrase and a principle that is the foundation of any great democracy. The U.S has adopted this principle in the form of universal suffrage for all of it citizens and symbolizes the country’s unity and equality. However, every four years in the month of November in the presidential election when one individual is chosen to lead the nation, one would expect for the winner of the election to be the will of the people, but unfortunately that’s not the case. In the most important election in the entire country, a separate institution, the Electoral College, makes the final vote on who will become president. Although intended to be a reflection of the popular vote, the methodology in which it is practice is flawed and leaves…
With the presidential election underway it seems that neither party can agree on anything. Civilians both democrat and republican seem to be in uproar over our candidates. The issues our country currently faces are astronomical. Our massive debt, climate change, education, immigration, trade and so much more is all up for debate. The question many of us face is who will take action.…
The Electoral College was a system outlined in the United States’ constitution by the founding fathers, as the method in which they believe the president should be elected. But with the progression of time the views on the necessity of the Electoral College has become a controversy, as now two factions exist with one faction believing that the Electoral College is an illegitimate method for the election of a president. Though this faction exists and believes the Electoral College is an unfair system that gives a disproportionate voice to different United States’ citizens, but is it truly unfair and unjust. As the Electoral College is a part of the United States constitution where it can be found in Article II, Section I along with a few clarifications…
I would say the 1st amendment because it made America the place anyone could come and be themselves. The 1st amendment created RAPPS. This stood for Religion, Assembly, Press, Position, and Speech. The amendment created these for very specific reasons. Religion was created because all over the world at this time people were getting beat up, hurt, and even killed!…
Not even a fifth of the public say they can trust the government always or most of the time. A whopping 74% of American’s are reported to believe that elected officials put their own interests before the interest of the country. Also, the majority of Americans seem to think that ordinary Americans could do a better job at solving the nation’s problems. Most people want the government to be highly involved in the school system, natural disaster response, terrorism, and the environment. Also, apparently, most Americans approve of how the government handles these issues.…
In the articles “Three Cheers for the Nanny State,” “Ban the Ban!,” and “Soda’s a Problem but…”, all three authors present their arguments with facts, opinions, and counterclaims. However, one article presents itself better than the rest. I believe that the article “Soda’s a Problem, but...” was the most convincing article. Sarah Conly- the author who wrote “Three Cheers for the Nanny State”- argues that the soda restriction is a good idea because people would be stopped from making foolish decisions that they’ll pretty definitely regret.…
Rebecca, I agree with most of your paper if not all of it. I am also kind of new to politics; I’ve been following politics for around a year now. I never followed politics much when I was a kid though. I always thought that most politicians were the same. I always thought that all a politician cared about was money and getting elected.…
This year voting is hard for most people in the U.S... Donald Tramp trying to take everything from the people that we worked so hard for. The economy has improved dramatically under President Obama. The unemployment rate has fallen to 5 percent from 7.8 percent. When Obama took office in 2009 and a high of 10 percent that same year.…
When you think think of high school what come to your mind? Parties every week,dances, or going to your school's football games. What if it was the reverse of all of that, mass fights at sporting events, over 100 arrests due to alcohol. These situations have been going on at Smith High School for the past couple of weeks. Problems with violence and alcohol abuse have spun out of control,so the school has taken drastic action to stop it.…
As beginning a new year, 2018 is the most controversial that the United States has ever been. We are two years into having Donald Trump as the President of America, yet it still causes hate and violence between various groups of people. In this day and age nothing can be said or done without offending a certain group of people. However, now is the time to swallow the negativity towards others and have an open mind. Everyone has entitlement to their own opinions, as they should.…
The importance of presidential debates on voters is that it lets the voters know the candidates and their policies better, it also allows voters to see how they treat the other candidates or political figures. We see their personalities and policies when they are asked questions on the subject such as when Trump was asked about how he treats women or their plan to get the economy back on track. That part of the debate showed voters what kind of candidate Trump was and other questions showed voters about Hillary. Voters also learn more about and can compare plans and policies at one time while watching the debates. Finally, they show us how the candidates treat other candidates and political figures, if they treat the other terribly then voters…
Jabrea Harding October, 5 ,2015 Pd. A6 DBQ Reconstruction Argumentative essay Throughout the Reconstruction era, it was concluded that the idea and process of the Reconstruction era was loathed, suppressed , and eliminated by most white Democratic Southerners. A great plethora of Democratic white Southerners wanted to spread white supremacy and express the idea of subjugating African-Americans or former slaves by using racist government involve the methods. During the Reconstruction era, the members of the K.K.K. would use racist government involvement methods to gain welfare for only Democratic white Southerners.…
In a period of an election, people look around and about for a candidate that has policies that will favor them. Most candidates, unfortunately, use this as a leverage to raise false hopes and promises. The people of America deserves better than that. A candidate should be realistic and not just for the sake of power, throw dust into the eyes of the people. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd present of the UnitedStates and the first democrat to serve two terms in office since FDR.…
Each individual in this world doesn’t just represent themselves but their family, schools, neighborhood, race, religion, state and nation. Because we are the people that make up America we all represent it and it represents us. When we aren’t able to meet with other nations our parliament meets with them also our government and most importantly our president. They all demonstrate and represent the people and the nation of America. This past electoral process has been a long-debated situation, trying to decide who should represent us by receiving the title, President.…
During the Great Depression whites people were still discriminate against colors people. African American started to fight back with racial riots, protest on civil right movement. White people had another thing coming, African American were building a union to let other know that we are human and should be treated equally. Each movement of African American union leaders inspire young and old our brother and sister to do better for themselves. In 1935 in little small town Marshall, Texas the Wiley college powerhouse debate team, related to the movie “The Great Debaters”, discussion of issue directed by union finders motivating our culture, education out of poverty.…