Caucus

Beyond the debate of whether mass polarization is occurring the literature evaluating the possible causes of polarization. Not taken up in this section is where polarization originates in the mass public or among the elites, either way, the cause and influences are cyclical. Brewer (2005), evaluating the cause of partisanship, notes that as new issues arise party elites become polarized on the issues, which then is transferred to the masses—then the masses polarized creating a cyclical pattern…

Abigail Pesta article “Men Rule Media Coverage of Women’s News” found that a recent study called The OpEd Project found “that men are writing the majority of opinion columns in the media”. Women, on a consistent basis, are less likely to appear more on any media circuit than a man. The reasons why have not been clearly known, but many individuals believe that the lack of support and belief are a few reasons why men are covered more in the media than a woman. The media will not know how to come…

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…

ook Review Title: Pulse of the People Author: Dr. Lakeyta Bonnette Author 's Biography: Dr. Lakeyta Bonnette is a native of Columbia, South Carolina. She is currently a professor at Georgia State University. She previously completed her undergraduate studies at Winthrop University and attended Duke University a part of Ralph Bunche Summer Institute and also University of California in Los Angeles apart of Ralph Bunche Summer Humanities Institute as well. And finally in 2009 received her doctoral…

Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll was published in 1865. But, even though it was published 151 years ago it is still extremely prevalent in todays society. This essay will explore how Alice’s time in Wonderland ultimately hurt her. Because she loses her child-like innocence, and more importantly herself. Throughout the course of Alice’s adventures she goes through numerous and different physical changes, the first change comes in chapter one Down The Rabbit Hole, Alice finds a…

Women’s Right is the rights for women and girls all around the world. Equal rights of men and women is one of the most important principles of the United Nations Charter adopted by world leaders in 1945; therefore protecting and promoting women’s human right is the responsibility of all States. In addition to gender, women face discrimination due to factors such as their age, ethnicity, disability and socio-economic status. Even after the rights were promoted, there are still millions of woman…

Linda Bui Professor Christopher Ritter English Composition I 2 December 2016 How President will Serve Everyone after the Election Elected candidates are no different from the citizens of the United States. After getting elected, there is no way for the citizens to be assured that they are being represented and treated equally. After all, it is the Electoral College votes rather than the two-thirds of the population’s vote that determines the winner (Trump 's Victory Another Example of How…

Everyone has heard of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Whether you see her on a debate or on Fox News, you probably have heard a lot about her. On the other hand, not everyday do we hear about her fellow Democrat running, Bernie Sanders. What distinguishes Sanders from all other candidates is that he refuses to accept large campaign contributions from large corporations. This allows him to remain uninfluenced by corporate interests. Other candidates may find it difficult to ignore…

the novel, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” the main character, Alice, applies her victorian values and logic into her actions and choices she made in Wonderland. Before Alice discovers the context of Wonderlandian society, she participates in a “caucus race” with the animals which concludes with no clear winner. The author sums up Alice's early preferences as he writes,…

An increase in minimum wage has short term benefits but long term setbacks. While raising the minimum wage is a good idea to help the low wage worker, raising it too much may end up hurting not only these workers, but the economy and everyday people alike. In my paper I am going to thoroughly analyze the effect of raising minimum wage in our society. I am also going to look at how the issue of minimum wage is covered in the upcoming 2016 presidential election. We rarely hear the candidates talk…