2008 Republican National Convention

The film, Suffragette looks at the struggles the women who fought for the right to vote went through. The film takes place in London 1912, prior to women having the right to vote. As a result, women's rights were not valued as much. Caffi states that "Every social institution should have as its sole reason for being that of assuring the happiness of the man conscious of his own individuality" (Caffi 1970). A man's happiness, needs, and desires at this time were much more valuable than a woman's.…

movement got their political start in the abolitionist movement. Through demanding the freedom of slaves due to the way they were being treated, women began to realize their own injustices. The 1848 Seneca Falls convention was one of the key early movements in the United States. The convention brought together over 300 people, advocating…

Susan Brownell Anthony, born in Adams, Massachusetts; and was the second oldest of eight children (only six of the Anthony children lived to be adults) to Daniel Anthony and Lucy Read. Anthony became a feminist and suffragist, abolitionist, author and speaker activist for women’s suffrage rights and remained active until her death at the age of 86. Susan B. Anthony left an imprint on every woman since she spent most of her life working on social causes; raised in a Quaker politically active…

Women could make a considerable impact on the country if elected president. Our constitution states that all mankind is created equal. Everyone should be treated equally, so if a man can be president, so can a woman. Women can be leaders and make a difference, just like Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, and Mother Theresa. Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts on February 15, 1820. She developed a sense of justice and moral zeal early in her life. She became active in temperance after…

Hope is more than a word and more than an idea. It is a state of being that is not limited to one person. It is undefinable because it fits in so many categories. Barack Obama uses hope as a main idea for his 2004 Keynote Address speech for the democratic party. This speech is thought to be one of his greatest speeches and even inspired him to write a book called The Audacity of Hope. Throughout The 2004 Keynote Address, Barack Obama uses multiple devices to sway voters to chose John Kerry as…

We are expected to discover new things about ourselves and our morality by using the online simulation titled, “Should You Kill The Fat Man?” By navigating through a scenario involving a runaway train and an evil fat man, the user of the simulation should finish the scenario feeling as if they learned something new about themselves. To begin, the answer four preliminary questions that establish our morality, and the extremes we will go to in order to make the best decision. Next, the simulation…

election to any citizen eighteen years of age and older. Although elections tend to reflect the popular opinion the democratic primaries, it does not always reflect the popular opinion of the office holders of the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention. In 1868 democratic primary voters selected Senator George S. McGovern to represent their party as nominee for president, at the time America was unequally divided on rather on not to go to war with Vietnam. With…

a nomination, or be on the ballot in the general. It is imperative that a presidential candidate rallies and excited the grassroots of their prospective parties, since they make the majority of voters. An example of this would be the 2008 Democratic Primary. “The 2008 primary campaign was also historic. On the Democratic side, the field narrowed quickly to pit Barack Obama against Hillary Clinton. A sometimes bitter contest between Obama and Clinton produced the narrowest of victories for Obama…

The article, originally posted on the Washington Post titled ‘Donald Trump officially becomes Republican nominee for president, capping remarkable climb’ was written by Karen Tumulty, Robert Costa and David A. Fahrenthold and reposted July 19th 2016 on the National Post website. The article announced that Donald Trump was named the official Republican presidential nominee. Donald Trump Jr. spoke for the New York delegation where he was honoured to be able to throw his father (Donald Trump) over…

program, party convention funding, and general election full public financing program are the three tiers of this reform. For the Primary election matching fund program, “Presidential primary candidates can receive partial public funding in the form of matching payments. The federal government matches up to $250 of an individual’s total contributions to an eligible candidate, up to a maximum of roughly $20 million (citizen).” Only presidential candidates seeking nomination by a national…