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wherein the manifest normal mandate (MNM) refers to the amount of support expressed for a candidate through the electoral system in a certain area (Guerroro, p.298-299). While Brennan’s “lesser of two evils” paradigm addresses the fact that voters must sometimes vote for a candidate they don’t wholly support, I think that Guerroro misses another important case: the fact that even if a voter supports two candidates for a position, they cannot vote for both of them in a system in which voters only…

could also benefit candidates, not just the employers. Employers use the interview strategy to find a candidate with specific skills who is qualified when the job requirements change instead of a likeable person. By knowing some interview styles, and strategies can help candidates in their job research, which is the purpose of this article. Why do Employers Use Interviews? The authors then started to explain why employers like to use this selection strategy to choose the candidates. The…

third-party candidate. We have third-party candidates, of course, but none of them are going to win. The system of government we have set up completely blocks any third-party candidate from even having a chance of winning. Even candidates that aren’t a third party candidate and win the majority vote, Al Gore, for example, aren’t guaranteed to win. In 2000, Al Gore won the majority vote for most states, but because of the electoral college, Bush won the election overall. A third-party candidate…

much competition, to a two-party controlled system. The election process has come to having only two competing candidates each coming from one of the major political parties, either the Democrats or the Republicans. Many Americans probably would not be able to identify any of the candidates from minority parties in the 2016 election; however, without a doubt they can identify the candidates of the two major political parties. This problem stems from the regulations that maintain the two party…

negative and false comments being made about another candidate. In 1960, 75 percent of the American public felt confident in the efficiency of the government and the candidates; today that number is only 40 percent (Ansolabehere). These numbers show that as time goes on and television becomes a bigger component of elections, people lose interest and confidence in the elections and the government. When the public begins to lose confidence in the candidates, voter turnout at the polls drops, and…

and the candidate conversion rates by the recruiting source.…

A runoff election occurs when no decisive winner cam be chosen, in other words, it’s too close to a tie to consider one candidate the winner. This claim is unquestionably valid—in a national-popular-vote-only election. No one wants to deal with re-votes and re-counts. That is why the choicest voting method is not a national popular vote where each person votes for their candidate of choice. Instead, the most felicitous method to vote would be the instant runoff ballot. The instant runoff ballot…

questions will give the management team a slight inside into the personality and desires of the candidate in question. This is important because a candidate that does not have a deep desire to be a teacher will be far less effective than a candidate that has a passion to impart knowledge…

Some presidential candidates can typically count on a certain state to vote their way. California typically votes for the Democratic candidate, and Texas normally votes for the Republican candidate (Kimberling.) Without the Electoral College, candidates would be able to go to more states to speak to the public. They would even travel to smaller states to gain the popular vote. Nevertheless, there are several swing states that vary their opinion on each candidate every…

This rule allows candidates for office to give their viewpoints on a situation despite a media outlet declaring that they support the actions or beliefs of another candidate. Through this rule candidates for office are able to justify why they believe in a certain action or situation and are able to give justifications despite the medias belief and preference for another candidates viewpoint. This is important in order to keep the electoral system fair as it is able to give candidates the chance…