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Mississippi State When viewing the AP Top 25 poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll, a glaring omission was noticed. Neither poll had the Mississippi State Bulldogs ranked in the top 25. The Playoff Committee, whose rankings ultimately decide the fate of collegiate programs, ranked the Bulldogs seventh in the country heading into last season’s bowl games. In the final AP Top 25, Mississippi State finished the season ranked 11th in the nation. Yet, the Bulldogs find themselves on the outside looking in on the nation’s perceived top 25 teams. When mulling why few are high on Mississippi State, it could be related to how the Bulldogs finished last season. Mississippi State started last season 9-0, but the Bulldogs lost three of their final four games, including a 49-34 loss to Georgia Tech in the Capital One Orange Bowl. An extra year of experience, however, could be what head coach Dan Mullen’s team needs to have a stronger finish in 2015. Senior quarterback Dak Prescott will be back under center for Mississippi State, and his name should be in any Heisman Trophy discussion. In 2014, the Bulldogs’ quarterback threw for 3,449 yards and 27 touchdowns. He was also a dangerous running threat, totaling 986 rushing yards with 14 rushing touchdowns. Most of Mississippi State’s toughest games are at home, but visits to Auburn and Missouri could trip them up. College Football Playoff predictions: Four of the top five teams ranked in the 2014 preseason AP Top 25 were voted into last…

affect them and society. Although what they hear sounds good to just about anybody, in politics those plans always have a catch. For example, you hear a candidate say “Free education” but the downside of free education would be a tax increase. Think about it you now go to school for free, but now everyone who is not benefiting from the opportunity are forced to pay higher taxation. And when you finally get a job you now work to pay back those free years by paying higher taxes. This is equivalent…

Up until 2016, all North Carolina citizens had to do was go to the polls and say their name and address. They then signed next to their name, they were handed a ballot and then they proceeded with the voting process. This “signing in” process is way too easy! People can vote for their family members and even neighbors as long as they know the person’s name and address. The change in the NC voter ID law was enacted in 2013 but later amended in 2015 and will go in effect in 2016. Now North…

wrong by a study done in many countries that also have seen a drop in voting in millennials. The actual reason is that millennials don’t think their voting will make a difference and that the candidates are people that they do not relate to (D.K. “Why Young People Don’t Vote”). Even though the millennial vote has been decreasing, it is taking a turn for the better as of late. In the current race, the majority of millennials are supporting the oldest candidate running for president, Bernie…

of a major party. As lunchtime rolled around at the Cache Valley County Clerk’s Office, the lines were growing and people 's desire to fulfill their civic duty depleted. Many grumbled, asking “what the hell was taking so long”. The reality of polling was a lot different than I had anticipated. I rarely polled anyone during my four hour shift. Instead, I took the task of answering questions regarding how long it would take to vote, what they needed to register, and where other voting locations…

Since the start of Parliament, Parties have fought for the votes of the public. Hence, why it's important to know what factors influence voting behaviour the most, to allow them to target a specific area. This essay will explore the importance of each factor and it's influence on the public's vote. A factor that can have a huge influence on the public is the media. Newspapers can be biased and seek to influence readers by shaping the news agenda in a certain way and by urging voters to vote…

Teens, the group that has been misunderstood for many years, are actually the future of our Country. The turnouts in the voting polls have not been the best for our younger eligible voters, they are voting at a much lower rate than their older counterparts, in this case their elders. According to Rob Richie, director of the national reform organization FairVote and a resident of the Montgomery County, which is the first to lower the voting age to sixteen says he had seen documents from Denmark…

policy, etc. Good policy is built on facts and logic, not emotion, which is what is driving most voters on this issue.” ( Voice of Agriculture). This is a good reason for this to spread because many people will just chose to say yes without taking the fact that we do not vote on many things like electricity or any other important and we let the companies deal with that.Question 3 should not be passed because it is something that we as the consumers should not vote on. Another major impact on…

There is a substantial need for exit polls and other forms of data to help confirm cleavage stereotypes and provide a more concrete view of the interests of various groups, for example, more polling in American election districts with a male Republican and female Democrat. These types of exit polls would help to fine tune the theories presented earlier by providing data on the other cleavages that play a role in that type of voting behaviour, such a race or class. A future literature review with…

meaning of the poll? what does it show? describe the trend that is occurring. The overall meaning of the poll was to determine who voters would potentially support other than their already decided upon candidate. To explain, voters who had already made a clear distinction about which candidates they were likely to vote for, were asked, to reevaluate their decisions based on the information they gathered during the New Hampshire Republican and Democratic Presidential Primary. Due to the fact…