The political process goes through changes with time and is associated with an election that is usually the interplay between voters and political leaders in addition to endogenous and exogenous factors. The political conditions and the stability of systems depend largely on the factors earlier mentioned. By gaining an insight of the changes that take place in the political systems, governments can understand the potential effects of elections. A government can make adjustments on its strategies to fend off the undesirable outcomes and gain the desirable ones. This essay will identify the changes that have occurred in the political process of U.S. since the ruling of the Supreme Court in Citizen United (2010). It will also summarize the ruling
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Democracy has become entirely different from what it used to be and becoming pure fantasy, one where money-controlled duopoly power prevails. People have been left with no say and have only one option of watching things happen. The candidates’ differences are too minimal even though they are from different political parties: the Republican and Democratic Party. Their agendas contradict their rhetoric. Campaigns are accompanied by demagogic sound bites, slogans as well as rehearsed rhetoric. The supporters are given phony promises just to gain popularity among them. Even though they are often fooled, voters give in to the deceptions of the candidates easily due to the excessive influx of money. In the US, campaigns never end and more often than not, fund raising remains constant. The Senate incumbents spend most of their time calling donors and holding face-to-face meetings (Mcconnell …show more content…
The first one is calling on the leaders to be accountable for their actions. The citizens must demand that regulations that will force them to act in an open way must be put in place. The second thing that should be done is to monitor the action of leaders from the grassroots. For example, donors must show that the amount of money they are giving is not intended to win their favors. Lastly, regulations that can stop corporate lobbying should be put in place. These ways will make sure that any candidate does not adulterate the political
Democracy has become entirely different from what it used to be and becoming pure fantasy, one where money-controlled duopoly power prevails. People have been left with no say and have only one option of watching things happen. The candidates’ differences are too minimal even though they are from different political parties: the Republican and Democratic Party. Their agendas contradict their rhetoric. Campaigns are accompanied by demagogic sound bites, slogans as well as rehearsed rhetoric. The supporters are given phony promises just to gain popularity among them. Even though they are often fooled, voters give in to the deceptions of the candidates easily due to the excessive influx of money. In the US, campaigns never end and more often than not, fund raising remains constant. The Senate incumbents spend most of their time calling donors and holding face-to-face meetings (Mcconnell …show more content…
The first one is calling on the leaders to be accountable for their actions. The citizens must demand that regulations that will force them to act in an open way must be put in place. The second thing that should be done is to monitor the action of leaders from the grassroots. For example, donors must show that the amount of money they are giving is not intended to win their favors. Lastly, regulations that can stop corporate lobbying should be put in place. These ways will make sure that any candidate does not adulterate the political