Approval voting

On the day of the voting, only 9 electors would vote and the remaining elector would serve as a replacement for an elector not present or a tie breaker. Besides signing a petition to have the Electoral College abolished, I would like to gather more evidence on whether the…

The first presidential election I can remember in my lifetime was in 2008. I can only vaguely remember Bush. Obama was the first and only president I truly understood and was able to follow before Trump. Now, with Donald Trump in office, I have entered a new stage of my life. As I become an adult, I become more active in politics. Understanding what is going on with the president is more important now than it ever has been before. In the next election, I will be able to vote. I have to be…

There are many differences in Democracy and Authoritarian governments.One being the difference in how the leaders of the govenment come into power. Another is Democracy has many political parties whereas Authoritarian government has only one. These governments are very different in every perspective. One of the big differences in these two governments is how the leaders get their power. In a democracy which is what the U.S. is the people vote for the leaders. This way people have a say in what…

After interviewing my Uncle Todd, I have seen what it is like to serve on jury duty from a first hand experience. It seems like a very cool and unique process that I think we are lucky to be apart of. When asking him how he felt when he received the letter in the mail calling upon him to receive jury duty he said, “I was happy to just get a day off work, but I still wondered if there was a way that I could get out of this.” As most people probably feel, my Uncle Todd was not too excited about…

In any given government, it is important to have checks and balances so as to ensure that no branch is more powerful than the other; a fundamental approach greatly expounded upon by the greatest political philosopher James Madison. According to Article II, Section I of the Texas Constitution, the government’s power is divided into the Legislative, executive and Judicial branches. The law-making branches consist of the executive branch, which has the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney…

Bartel, that Americans are not informed like they need to be on their choices for the government. I believe that people should be able to vote, since it is in the Constitution and they are American citizens but they should be educated/informed about voting. I think people who can vote in a election should know the persons goals are for when they are in office, if the…

Animal Conspiracy Theory “Alright, so it is the night before the voting of the presidential election and the plan is that we will be breaking into the White House and hacking all of the voting systems to help Donald Trump win the election.” “No! I want Hillary to win the election. ‘Better Together!’ Duh!” “Well, that´s too bad, Jim. We already went over this. Everyone voted for Donald, so we are hacking it for Donald to win. I appreciate your autonomy, but stop being anti-Trump.” Welcome to…

Political parties have dominated the political landscape ever since George Washington left the Presidency of the United States. They have had many names over the centuries, from Federalists and Antifederalists to Democrats and Republicans, the two major parties of today. But what is a political party? Consider a school board. One part of the community seeks to get a new sports stadium built for the district. The other wants renovations to occur for their theater. When the seats on the board are…

for the first time in their lives, compared to the shameless support and passion towards Trump that other republicans express. On the democratic side there is a clear sense of anger amongst the many Bernie Sanders supporters and many are planning on voting third party, risking a split of the democratic vote. There is a sense of hopelessness regarding the election as there is a record breaking distaste for both candidates. There is also a widespread recognition…

I happen to believe that lowering the voting age is not a very good idea. The reasoning behind my opinion is that children, who are not of the adult age of 18 yet, could be coerced by their parents to vote the way their parents want, instead of having their own educated opinion. The reason that the older generation has a higher voting percentage, according to the newspaper articles, is because the older generation has seen years of politics working or not working in their lifetime to…