Ballot

Voting in the United States shouldn't be a chore, not everyone in the world has a right to an opinion when it comes to their government. When you turn eighteen it is your civil responsibility to register to vote. On the issue of age, I stand with the current laws. However, to have an educated opinion about a controversial topic I feel that you need to at least understand both sides of the argument, which I do. I know everyone is in a hurry to grow up, but there isn't a logical reason to lower…

Obamacare, Gay marriage, and other decisions recently passed by the Supreme Court have caused some politicians to consider unconstitutional legislation. What some, such as Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz, propose is to reduce the amount of time you can serve as a judge as well as completely changing the way that they are elected. To better understand this issue you should know that this isn't the first time that certain people have pushed for term limits on the Supreme Court. This is a recurring…

any candidate, besides what difference does a vote make?” many ask. According to the Washington Post’s May 12, 2016 article “Why Don’t More Americans Vote in Presidential Elections?” only 67% of the Americans who registered to vote actually cast a ballot in the last presidential election. Since there are around 194 million registered voters, according to this article, that means approximately 65 million people did not vote. Considering that Obama only received 51.1% of the popular…

“Think strategically about your future working life”. That is Behren’s and Rosen summation of a few highly respected economist and analyst advise about the offshoring and globalization of the American jobs that has decimated the middle working class of this country. Well and good and worth considering if one is in high school or about to decide what major to embark on. However, for those who have already lost their jobs, homes and families due to offshoring or about to lose their job, wait a…

The Electoral College continues to be a controversial subject among both professionals and laymen. The mechanics of what the electoral college has become has lead to a system that disenfranchises millions of American voters around the country. This has been obvious to many people through United States history and as such many alternatives have been proposed. Three of the most popular alternatives are Direct Popular Vote, Proportional Electoral Voting, and Majority Preference Voting. Looking at…

gambling he could have prolonged his career and made it to the Hall of Fame. Home Run leader, Barry Bonds, took steroids to cheat and gain an advantage over his opponents, but he is still on the Hall of Fame ballot: “For Barry Bonds, this was his third year on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot” (Bloom). Many players in he MLB get suspensions and bans for a certain amount of time. These players could get banned for many of reasons like drugs, alcohol, mistreatment, etc. They get punished…

president-elect of the United States of America. However, of the 231 million people eligible to vote in the United States, only 48.1% of Americans are are pleased with this outcome. States, as well as thousands of Americans across the country are demanding ballot recounts in hopes of redirecting the outcome and the fate of the country. Many are dumbfounded, wondering how a businessman from Queens, New York with no political background whatsoever managed to pull this off. Donald Trump was able to…

The 1860 presidential election led to the dominance of the Republican and Democratic parties, with no major changes in the electoral and political system ever since. As a result, tracking previous elections can possibly give rise to prospective clues, cycles or dynamic regularities (Norpoth 1995). In this essay, the author uses the framework of the Primary Model to understand a few of these prospective clues and dynamic regularities. The author initially describes the steps in a presidential…

In his book, The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois outlines his experience as an African American in the post war years. Du Bois chronicles his subsequent realization of the general issues facing the African American community during reconstruction. Using personal anecdotes and historical references, Du Bois attempts to paint a portrait of the struggles faced by African Americans. Du Bois is able to pinpoint key issues in the culture that inhibit democracy to fully reach the lives of the…

Bonaparte and the Legislative Assembly. Bonaparte had demands for a second presidential term and money from the conservative majority that lead to the build up to the coup. To fully enact his will, Bonaparte abolished and then restored the secret ballot which lead the bourgeois to believe they had gained their end. After this, Bonaparte had completed half of his preparation work to become emperor of France. He had perfected the parliamentary power to overthrow it, and reduced the executive…