Campaign finance in the United States

The United States was founded on the basis of representative democracy. We vote officials into office that we trust to make legislation for the people. They do their best as leaders to take into account the wants and needs of the constituents. Although many people feel as if the use of direct democracy can help the constituents be happy and get what they want. However, the use of ballot initiatives are not the best option due to the fact that they will result in a mess in the American political…

representation for all states despite drastic differences in population among states. This raises the question of democracy in its nature and the consequences of California’s 32 million people having the same number of Senate votes as Wyoming’s 480,000 people and Vermonter having 30 times the voting power of a New Yorker. In his article, Liptak examines how this disproportionate representation plays a role in the political dynamic of issues, such as gun control, immigration and campaign finance.…

to a voice. The political parties in our system are the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green and Constitution parties. Our American Democracy today is being affected due to the current campaign environment and is also affecting American Political Parties. Party realignment in the United States is when the balance of power changes extremely between a country’s political parties. Also, change occurs to the groups of people who vote for them as well. This only happens sometimes,…

elections only reinforce Justice O’Connor’s claim that judicial elections represent an opportunity for partisans and special interests to install judges who will answer to them. In Citizens United v Federal Election Commission , by allowing such groups to spend without limits on communication tools during campaigns, the Supreme Court upheld these concerns. According to the majority, spending represents an exercise of free speech, a right guaranteed by the First Amendment , and still valid “even…

Electoral Collage The Electoral College is spelled up in article two of the constitution in terms of the process of how that works. Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which support and enforces federal laws. It includes the President, the Vice President, the Cabinet, executive departments, and other boards. The electoral college is an example of indirect democracy which means that we do notchoose our president directly. But…

Great Depression of the 1930s. It was affecting millions of Americans and was one of the hottest topics in the Presidential campaigns. In fact, people cannot understand clearly the reasons why we have a financial crisis. What led us to the crash? Let’s discuss about how bank caused the financial crisis. Looking back on the history, after the Depression of 1920-21, the United States embarked on a period of economic prosperity such as these goods came new forms of consumer credit and bank…

human body and prevent us from returning to the state of nature. Authority is the power given to individuals to enforce the laws produced by the people. Social meaning is the significance of an individual within a society. All four of these factors play a significant mantle in our own political discourse. McCulloch vs. Maryland…

economics, but does his understanding cause financial success for american workers. Some of his propositions are worthwhile like “Overturn Citizens United so that corporations can’t spend unlimited amounts of money on campaigns, and in return affect public policy and spending priorities” (Inequality for All video). I personally like the idea of a campaign finance form as he proposes, and getting…

raised a lot of troubles for the United States. The war expense cost America lots of money, which the U.S. government could not afford to pay. Besides that, there was a bunch of immigrants to the United States which from Germany, Italy, Ireland, and Europe. Therefore, the United States had a process that called “Americanization” to make the immigrants become American so they could get benefits from that. This process had brought up many good consequences to the United States. Americanization is…

Childhood obesity is an issue of concern in the United States. It is considered a lifestyle disease with many contributing factors, such as genetics, economic, social, psychological and environmental factors (Newson, et. al, 2013). Obesity is described as the most widespread threat to health and well being of individuals. It has a negative effect for the individuals, local communities and to the society as a whole. Research has posed that obesity services should combine dietary, physical…