Approval voting

It is interesting that he would refer to voting as a toy. .Voting is something only democratic societies do . Women didn’t have the right to vote until 1920 and African Americans until 1965. Voting is something special and important. Comparing voting to a toy diminishes its importance and value. Children have a favorite toy until a newer flashier one comes along. Perhaps the author was illustrating…

we are.” – Maaza Mengiste Identity politics refers to using the interests of certain groups for political benefits. This has always been a topic of concern and with the presidential elections outcome, some people believe identity politics affected voting patterns and the result. In the articles “The End of Identity Politics” by Mark Lilla and “The Dangerous Myth That Hillary Clinton Ignored the Working Class” by Derek Thompson, the authors talk about what identity politics is and the greater…

In the America, a tyranny of power has been allowed to occur. In the book “THE TYRANNY OF DEAD IDEAS,” Matt Miller writes about how thousands of American residents have been done wrong by politician powers without having any say so to stop it. Some of his point of view led to an argument about how a modern economy should operate. According to Miller,”……………………our politician says the people” (888).Our leaders have a character that allows them to live with lies. For instance, I will lose my health…

non-US citizen, I am not allowed to vote. Due to this situation, voting becomes uninteresting to me. In addition, none of my parents are into politics hence, there is no role model that guide us, me and my siblings, for the importance of it. I’m not saying that my parents do not care about politics, and how the government works here in the US, but since we are all non-US citizen they do not see the urge to make politics and voting a big deal. It 's not until I had a government class in high…

Civic Education As we advanced into the modern day society with its technological advancements, many high schools have withdrawn from teaching civic courses in classrooms. This was caused by the differing views on politics and many controversial issues related to it. However, with the descending numbers in voter turnout each year and the controversy surrounding the 2016 presidential election, many want to bring civic education back into the spotlight. Although many experts do agree that…

Crystal Malmgren Dr. Robar Essay 1 October 8, 2017 Nationalism and populism play a big part in our political system. But not a lot of people understand there are different political views, where they come from, or how they started. Many people also have their own opinions about certain political views. First, I will review nationalism's history and what viewpoints it holds. Then I will talk about populism's history and what view point it holds in America. Nationalism is the oldest ideology…

election which is taking place on November 8th, 2016. To accomplish this project, my group created a twitter account as a secondary socialization to reach out to students of University of North Texas encouraging and educating them on the importance of voting in the society. Polling, surveys and random sampling were used to show percentage of people who identified with a party and who were going to vote in the upcoming elections. In class, we talked about how polling are used to measure public…

possible that many voter between ages 18-24 have decided not to vote. It is also possible that Hillary was able to regain this age group by adding certain policies, such as reduced college tuition. Another option is that former Bernie supporters are now voting for Trump out of spite for Hillary or the election process. How are former Bernie Sanders…

In the second point, I believe that social media helped to overcome the “free rider” problem during the Arab spring movement. Because social media was used as a vehicle to gather likeminded citizens for demonstration, to overcome the social problem of the free riders in a the case of collective action, however this is not the case in ever revolution on social media, because there are cases where a person can say that they will be attending an event on social media and decide not to show up or…

representative of what the population wants. The main issue here is how can this election be fair if you are not truly voting for the president? While in that aspect it can be undemocratic it can also be democratic. The citizens are still being heard and still having a voice. They are indirectly voting for the president so their vote still do count. There are many ways in which voting can be democratic. We get to vote for our Senate and our House Representatives directly. Voters are very…